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Monthly Current Affairs Capsule & Quiz

September 2019

8 US made Apache attack helicopters

inducted into IAF to enhance combat

capabilities

United States-made Apache AH-64E attack

helicopters were inducted into the Indian Air

Force, at the Pathankot Air Force station.

The addition of the Apache fleet will

bring in lethal firepower with great

accuracy and significantly enhance the

IAF's combat capabilities.

The AH-64E Apache is one of the

world's most advanced multi-role

combat helicopters.

The IAF had signed a multi-billion

dollar contract with the US

Government and Boeing Ltd in

September 2015 for purchase of 22

Apache helicopters.

Bangladesh signs agreement with Reliance

Power of India to set up the gas-based

plant in Meghnahat

Government of Bangladesh signed an

agreement with Reliance Power of India to

set up 750 Mega Watt gas-based power plant

in Meghnahat near Dhaka.

The construction of the plant will be

completed by 2022.

A Memorandum of Understanding has

also been signed with Petro Bangla to

set up 500 Million standard cubic feet

per day LNG terminal at Kutubdia

Island near Chittagong in Bangladesh.

The US and 10 ASEAN navies begin first joint

military exercises in Southeast Asia

The United States and 10 Southeast Asian countries

kicked off maritime drills

The first ASEAN-US Maritime Exercise

(AUMX) between the regional bloc and

Washington will last for five days, starting

September 2 at the Sattahip Naval Base in

Thailand and ending in Singapore.

The drills come at a time of stepped-up U.S.

engagement in the region and tensions

between Beijing and Southeast Asian nations

over the South China Sea.

Indo-Lanka Joint Naval Exercise SLINEX 2019

The annual Joint Indo-Lanka maritime fleet exercise

- SLINEX 2019 is scheduled to be held from 07

September 2019.

Sri Lankan Navy is sending two ships to India

to participate in the exercise with the Indian

Navy.

The offshore patrol vessels, SLNS Sindurala

and Suranimala left Trincomalee on are

scheduled to arrive at the port of

Visakhapatnam.

The week-long exercise will be attended by

323 Sri Lankan navy personnel including the

commanding flag officer of the naval fleet.

INS Tarkash at Lagos, Nigeria

As part of Indian Navy's Overseas Deployment to

Africa, Europe and Russia, Indian Naval Ship

Tarkash made a port call at Lagos, Nigeria for a

three-day visit.

The port call has been scheduled to celebrate

the 60th anniversary of the establishment of

diplomatic relations between India and

Nigeria.

INS Tarkash, commanded by Captain Sathish

Vasudev, is one of the most potent frontline

frigates of the Indian Navy equipped with a

versatile range of weapons and sensors.

The ship is part of the Indian Navy's Western

Fleet and under the Operational Command of

Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western

Naval Command, based at Mumbai.

Tarkash will also undertake a Passage

Exercise at sea with NNS Unity on 08 Sep 19,

which will enhance interoperability between

both navies.

World Suicide Prevention Day: 10 September

World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is an

awareness day observed on 10 September every year.

The day is observed to provide worldwide

commitment and action to prevent suicides,

with various activities around the world since

2003.

The day is organized by the International

Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP).

24th World Energy Congress to commence in

Abu Dhabi

The 24th World Energy Congress will commence in

Abu Dhabi under the patronage of Sheikh Khalifa bin

Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab

Emirates.

The four-day World Energy Congress aims to

bring together international energy

stakeholders, including governments, private

and state corporations, academia and media.

With over 15,000 participants expected,

Congress is set to welcome over 250 high-

level speakers, 72 Ministers, 500 CEOs, 1000

media persons with 40,000 square-metre

exhibition space that will cover the entire

energy spectrum.

The theme of this World Energy Congress is

‘Energy for Prosperity’ which also represents

the ambitious and dynamic energy transition

of the country.

Vietnam opens Southeast Asia's largest solar

power farm

Vietnam has inaugurated Southeast Asia's largest

solar power farm which has the capacity to produce

688 million kWh of electricity annually.

The Dau Tieng Solar Power Complex, a joint

venture with the Thai industrial group

B.Grimm Power Public Company, occupies

540 hectares in Tay Ninh province.

The complex was constructed on the Dau

Tieng Reservoir - the largest artificial lake in

Vietnam - and is expected to generate 10 per

cent of the country's solar energy to guarantee

supply to 320,000 homes.

It will also prevent the emission of 595,000

tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

every year.

Israel PM announces intention to annex Jordan

Valley

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

announced his intention to annex the Jordan Valley,

a large swathe of the occupied West Bank if he wins

next week's election.

Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967

but stopped short of annexation.

Palestinians claim the whole of the West

Bank for a future independent state.

Netanyahu previously insisted Israel would

always retain a presence in the Jordan Valley

for security purposes.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib birth Centenary: 2

International Awards, 5 Academic Chairs to be

set up

Bangladesh government has made elaborate plans to

celebrate the birth anniversary of Bangabandhu

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Sheikh Hasina said that the government will

set up two international awards and establish

five international chairs to commemorate the

birth centenary of Bangabandhu.

The Foreign Ministry of Bangladesh has

initiated a process to set up five

'Bangabandhu Chairs' abroad including at the

University of London and Visva Bharti

University in India.

Prime Minister Hasina said that a

Bangabandhu centre will be established at the

University of Cambridge and sculptures of

Bangabandhu will be installed at Madame

Tussauds Museum in London and the United

Nations Headquarters in the New York.

The government of Bangladesh has decided

to celebrate the ‘Mujib Year’ from March 17,

2020, to March 17, 2021, to mark the

centenary year of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,

the first President of Bangladesh.

Sri Lanka flags off Pulathisi Express, a 'Make In

India' train

The strong ties between India and its southern

neighbour Sri Lanka received a boost when a newly

'Make In India' train rake was flagged of from

Colombo Fort Railway station.

The rake of Pulathisi Express was

manufactured in the Integral Coach Factory

(ICF) in Chennai.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena,

Transport Minister Arjuna Ranathunga and

Indian envoy to Sri Lanka Taranjit Singh

Sandhu flagged off a new train to

Polonnaruwa from Colombo Fort Railway

station.

St. Vincent and Grenadines become 79th country

to join India-led International Solar Alliance

Saint Vincent and Grenadines became the 79th

country to join the International Solar Alliance

(ISA).

The International Solar Alliance is a group of

121 solar resource-rich countries with

headquarters in Gurugram, India.

The organisation aims to deploy over 1,000

gigawatts of solar energy and mobilise more

than USD 1,000 billion into solar power by

2030.

Points to remember

St. Vincent and Grenadines Capital:

Kingstown

Currency: Eastern Caribbean dollar

The UK announces two-year post-study work visa

for all foreign students

The UK government announced a two-year post-

study work visa for all international students who

will be coming into the country from the academic

year 2020-21.

This new graduate immigration route will be

open for all international students, including

those from India, who have completed a

degree at an undergraduate level or above at

an institution approved by UK Higher

Education Provider.

This will allow international students to stay

in the UK after they complete their studies for

a period of up to 2 years to work, to look for

work.

Scientists identify the largest flying animal in

history

Scientists unveiled a new species of pterosaur, which

is among the largest ever flying animals, according

to a study from the Queen Mary University of

London.

The pterosaur's name ‘Cryodrakon boreas’

roughly translates to 'frozen dragon of the

north wind' in tribute to the landscape of the

Albertan winter.

Cryodrakon boreas was a flying reptile with

a wingspan of up to 10 metres which lived

during the Cretaceous period around 77

million years ago.

World Ozone Day: 16 September

World Ozone Day is observed on 16 September

every year to spread awareness among people about

the depletion of the Ozone Layer.

In 1994, the UN General Assembly

proclaimed this day as the International Day

for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer,

commemorating the date of the signing, in

1987, of the Montreal Protocol on Substances

that Deplete the Ozone Layer.

The theme of World Ozone Day 2019 is '32

years and Healing'.

Poland’s Foreign Minister unveils memorial

dedicated to Polish World War 2 refugees in

Kolhapur

Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland Marcin Przydacz

inaugurated the museum in Kolhapur, where around

5000 Polish people took asylum during the World

War-2.

A Memorial Museum was built to

commemorates the asylum seekers.

When Poland was caught between Adolf

Hitler’s Germany and Josef Stalin’s Russia

during the Second World War, a stream of

refugees made their way to Valivade village

in Kolhapur district, 235 km from Pune.

World Bamboo Day: 18 September

World Bamboo Day is observed every year on the

18th of September by the World Bamboo

Organization to generate awareness about

conserving and promoting the bamboo industry.

Known as poor man’s timber, bamboo is

omnipresent in tribal cultures and community

living.

Restructured National Bamboo Mission was

approved by the Cabinet Committee on

Economic Affairs in 2018.

India is the world’s second-largest cultivator

of bamboo after China with over 130 species.

Sri Lanka unveils South Asia’s tallest tower

Sri Lanka unveiled South Asia’s tallest tower,

costing over $100 million, 80% of which has been

funded by China under the controversial Belt and

Road Initiative (BRI).

The 350-metre-tall 17-storey Lotus Tower,

located in the heart of Colombo city,

comprises a television tower, a hotel, a

telecommunications museum, restaurants,

auditorium, an observation deck, a shopping

mall and a conference centre.

The tower spread over an area of 30,600 sq.

metres was constructed at a cost of over $100

million, 80% of which was funded by China.

Mongolian President arriving in New Delhi on a

five-day state visit

President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga is

arriving in New Delhi on a five day State visit.

He will be accompanied by a high-level

official and business delegation.

Mr Battulga will be accorded ceremonial

reception at the forecourt of Rashtrapati

Bhavan.

During his stay, the Mongolian President will

visit Agra, Bodh Gaya and Bengaluru.

Mr Battulga's visit to India will be the first

State visit by a Mongolian President in last 10

years.

International Day of Peace: 21 September

The International Day of Peace, also known as World

Peace Day, is a United Nations-sanctioned day

observed annually on 21 September.

It is dedicated to world peace, and

specifically the absence of war and violence,

such as might be occasioned by a temporary

ceasefire in a combat zone for humanitarian

aid access.

The day was first celebrated in 1981 and is

kept by many nations, political groups,

military groups, and people.

World Rhino Day: 22 September

World Rhino Day is observed every year on 22

September.

It is a global event established to celebrate the

world's five rhinoceros species, and to reflect

on the challenges facing them.

World Rhino Day was first established in

2010 in South Africa, this day has now

gained international recognition and it is

celebrated by a variety of organizations and

individuals from around the world.

International Day of Sign Languages: 23

September

International Day of Sign Languages was observed

on 23 September.

The objective of the day is to raise awareness

of the importance of sign language in the full

realization of the human rights of people who

are deaf.

Sign languages are fully-fledged natural

languages, structurally distinct from the

spoken languages.

The theme of the day is ‘Sign Language

Rights for All’.

World’s first camel hospital at Dubai set to

expand its facilities

World’s first camel hospital in Dubai is set to expand

its facilities by an additional 50 per cent in response

to the increase in demand for its services.

Historically, camels, known as the ‘Ship of

the Desert’ were a source of transport as well

as food and milk in the region.

The camel has continued to be an integral part

of the UAE’s society and culture to this day,

with select breeds used for camel racing, a

sport highly popular among Emiratis.

The camel hospital, built at an estimated cost

of 40 million Dirhams, opened its doors in

2017 to meet the demand in the UAE for an

advanced medical facility dedicated to

treating camels.

World Tourism Day: 27 September

The United Nations World Tourism Organization

announced 27th September as World Tourism Day in

1980 and has been celebrating the day since then.

The objective is to acquaint people with the

social, economic, cultural and political

importance of tourism and make them

responsible tourists in turn.

Each year sees a new theme and a new

country as a host.

This year for the first time India will be

hosting World Tourism Day which has the

theme ‘Tourism and Jobs: a better future for

all’.

Japan launches ‘World's Biggest Transport

SpaceShip’ for Space Station

Japan launched an unmanned spacecraft towards the

International Space Station after a fire early this

month delayed the mission.

The H-2B rocket lifted off at 1:05 am local

time (1605 GMT) with cargo vessel

Kounotori8.

The launch took place from the Japan

Aerospace Exploration Agency's

Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern

Japan.

Kounotori8, meaning "white stork" in

Japanese, intends to deliver about 5.3 tonnes

of supplies to astronauts at the ISS, including

fresh food and water as well as batteries and

devices needed for experiments.

World Rabies Day: 28 September

World Rabies Day is celebrated annually on 28

September.

The day is observed to raise awareness about

rabies prevention and to highlight progress in

defeating this horrifying disease.

28 September also marks the anniversary of

Louis Pasteur's death, the French chemist and

microbiologist, who developed the first

rabies vaccine.

2019 theme: Rabies: Vaccinate to Eliminate

Saudi Arabia abolishes abaya rule and announces

new visa scheme

Saudi Arabia announced new visa scheme for 49

countries across the globe as part of its efforts to

boost the Kingdom's tourism sector.

The Kingdom has also appealed to foreign

companies to invest in a sector it hopes will

contribute 10 percent of gross domestic

product by 2030.

The Kingdom's president of the Saudi

Commission for Tourism and National

Heritage, Ahmed Al Khateeb, has said that

abayas will not be mandatory for women

tourists, including public beaches.

Access to the Muslim holy cities of Makkah

and Medina is restricted.

Currently, only citizens of Bahrain, Kuwait,

Oman, and the UAE can travel freely to the

country.

International Day for Universal Access to

Information: 28 September

September 28 is the International Day for Universal

Access to Information (IDUAI).

This year UNESCO is commemorating the

International Day for Universal Access to

Information with a series of ‘Open Talks’.

The day was inaugurated in November 2015

and was first held on 28 September 2016.

2019 theme : Leaving No One Behind!

World Heart Day: 29 September

World Heart Day is celebrated on 29th September of

every year.

It is aimed at drawing people’s attention to

heart illness and the range of associated

health issues.

The day is commemorated to promote

different preventative steps and changes in

lifestyle to avoid any cardiovascular diseases,

like a heart attack, stroke, heart failure and

any other condition related to the same.

Nepal releases coins to mark Guru Nanak Dev's

550th birth anniversary

To celebrate 550th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak

Dev, the Nepal Rastra Bank has issued

commemorative coins.

In special ceremony coins of 2,500, 1,000 and

100 Nepali rupees were launched in

Kathmandu.

Nepal Rastra Bank Governor Dr. Chiranjibi

Nepal and Indian Ambassador Manjeev

Singh Puri released commemorative coins.

International Translation Day: 30 September

International Translation Day is celebrated every

year on 30 September.

The celebrations have been promoted by the

International Federation of Translators (FIT)

ever since it was set up in 1953.

The day coincides with the feast day of St.

Jerome, a Christian scholar and priest who

was the first person to translate the Bible into

Latin from the original Hebrew.

The biggest festival of Nepal ‘Bada Dashain’

begins

Bada Dashain, the biggest festival of Nepal has

begun.

The festival starts on the first day of

Navaratri.

Devotees performed Ghatsthapana and

sowed maize and barley seeds for

germination of the auspicious Jamara (barley

shoots) in various parts of the country.

The 15-day festival is celebrated in the month

of Ashwin.

During Dashain, people worship goddess

Durga for nine days.

September month to be celebrated as 'Rashtriya

Poshan Maah'

The entire month of September will be celebrated as

the Rashtriya Poshan Maah.

This year the theme is ‘Complementary

Feeding’.

POSHAN Abhiyaan is a multi- ministerial

convergence mission with the vision to

address malnutrition with a targeted approach

by 2022.

Under the Poshan Abhiyaan, the government

has set a target to reduce the stunting rate in

children from 35 per cent to 25 per cent.

The programme aims at achieving

improvement in the nutritional status of

children up to six years of age, adolescent

girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers.

Centre approves Gorewada International Zoo in

Nagpur

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar announced the

approval for the new Gorewada International Zoo to

be inaugurated in Nagpur district of Maharashtra.

The Zoo will have attractions like Bio Park,

Indian Safari, African Safari, Night Safari,

Research, Education and Training, facilities

for tourists, etc.

The Government of Maharashtra has

accorded permission for establishing the

International Zoo, through Forest

Development Corporation of Maharashtra

Limited (FDCM. Ltd.), Nagpur.

Mumbai ranked 45th, Delhi 52nd on world’s safe

cities list

According to a report by Economist Intelligence

Unit, Mumbai has been ranked as the 45th safest city

on the Safe Cities Index (SCI), while Delhi stood at

the 52nd position.

Cities in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region

made up six of the top-10 safest cities with

Tokyo taking the top spot.

Singapore and Osaka came second and third,

while Sydney and Melbourne also made it to

the top-10 cities list.

Google Doodle honours Amrita Pritam on 100th

birth anniversary

The 100th birth anniversary of Indian novelist,

essayist and poet Amrita Pritam was celebrated with

a Google Doodle.

Google has honoured the day with a doodle,

which is a reference to her autobiography

Kala Gulab, which revealed many details of

her personal life.

Amrita Pritam, considered the greatest 20th-

century Punjabi poet, has published 28 novels

including Pinjar, a tale set during the time of

partition, which was also adapted into a

movie.

She is the first woman recipient of the

prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in 1956

and also won the Jnanpith Award and the

Padma Vibhushan.

India hits out at Pakistan on raising Kashmir

issue during South Asian Speakers’ summit

India hit out strongly at Pakistan when the latter tried

to raise the Kashmir issue during the fourth South

Asian Speakers’ summit which began in Maldives

capital Male.

The two-day meeting focuses on achieving

the Sustainable Development Goals.

India is being represented by Lok Sabha

speaker Om Birla and other senior officials.

The summit is due to end with the adoption

of the Malé Declaration with a summary of

conclusions and recommendations.

VP M Venkaiah Naidu dedicates country's

longest electrified rail tunnel to nation

Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu dedicated the

country's longest electrified rail tunnel between

Cherlopalli and Rapuru in Andhra Pradesh and the

electrified railway line between Venkatachalam and

Obulavaripalli.

The length of the rail tunnel is 6.6 kilometre.

The tunnel, built at a cost of Rs 437 crore.

Besides inaugurating the re-modelled yard at

Guduru railway station, the Vice-President

also flagged-off a new intercity super fast

express train between Guduru and

Vijayawada.

Get ready to pay higher penalties for traffic

violations

The amended provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act,

which hike the penalty for traffic rules violation have

come into force.

As many as 63 clauses of the Act, which

correspond to an increase in the fine for

traffic rule violation came into force at

midnight on 1 September.

The fine for jumping red-light has been

revised from 1,000 rupees earlier to 5,000

rupees now.

Driving without wearing a seat belt, which

earlier invited a fine of 100 rupees will now

attract a fine of 1,000 rupees.

The fine for rash driving has also been

revised from 1,000 rupees to 5,000 rupees.

And if caught for drunken driving, one needs

to cough up a hefty fine of 10,000 rupees.

GST collection in August stands at Rs 98,202 cr

GST collection in the month of August stood at 98

thousand 202 crore rupees.

The Finance Ministry said the total number of

GSTR 3B Returns filed for the month of July

up to 31st of August is around 76 lakh.

The total revenue earned by the Central

Government and the State Governments after

regular settlement in the month of August

2019 is 40 thousand 898 crore rupees for

CGST and 40 thousand 862 crores for the

SGST.

UNCCD COP14 begins in Greater Noida

The 14th Conference of Parties, COP14 to the

UN Convention to Combat Desertification

began at Greater Noida.

As India assumed COP presidency for

two years, Union Minister of

Environment, Forest and Climate

Change Prakash Javadekar expressed

optimism towards restoring land

ecology and environment.

The COP14 is to discuss various issues

of land such as sustainable land

management, reversing land

degradation, mitigating drought,

halting desertification, addressing sand

and dust storms.

Western Odisha districts celebrating

Agrarian festival 'Nuakhai'

The much-awaited day, Nuakahi, for the

people of western Odisha districts came with

much pomp and gaiety.

The major agrarian festival of this

region is being celebrated in every

nook and corner collectively with

much fanfare and religious fervour.

People offer the newly harvested crop

called Nabanha to their respective

presiding deities.

Haryana govt announces about Rs 5,000 cr

interest, penalty waiver on crop loans

The BJP-led Haryana Government has

announced a 4,750 crore rupees waiver on

interest and penalty on crop loans.

This will benefit around 10 lakh

farmers of the state.

The farmers whose bank accounts

were declared Non-Performing Assets

(NPAs) by these banks and were

unable to renew their loans will now be

able to do so.

The five per cent penalty imposed on

farmers who failed to repay loans

taken from PACS will now be

completely waived.

Varun Dhawan's 'Coolie No.1' first

Bollywood film set to go plastic-free

Bollywood has taken lead to promote India’s

plastic-free movement with Varun Dhawan's

upcoming movie "Coolie No. 1" becoming

the first Bollywood film to go plastic-free.

The movie’s producer Deepshikha

Deshmukh announced that the movie

is going plastic-free and urged her

peers to do the same.

This comes days after Prime Minister

Narendra Modi, in his Independence

Day speech, urged people to shun

single-use plastic and encouraged

usage of jute and cloth bags to protect

the environment.

PM Modi arrives in Vladivostok to hold India-

Russia Annual Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in

Vladivostok on a two-day visit to Russia.

PM Modi will attend the 5th Eastern

Economic Forum (EEF) beginning in

Vladivostok.

Prime Minister will also hold the 20th India-

Russia Annual Summit with Russian

President Vladimir Putin

PM Modi will the chief guest at the Eastern

Economic Forum.

Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2019

As part of the ongoing Indo-US defence cooperation,

a joint military training, Exercise Yudh Abhyas -

2019 is being conducted at Joint Base Lewis Mc

Chord, Washington, the USA from 05-18 September

2019.

Exercise Yudh Abhyas is one of the largest

joint running military training and defence

corporation endeavours between India and

USA.

This will be the 15th edition of the joint

exercise hosted alternately between the two

countries.

Exercise Yudh Abhyas will provide an

opportunity to the armed forces of both

countries to train in an integrated manner at

Battalion level with joint planning at Brigade

level.

Asia's only 5th Generation - VR based simulator

centre launched at Chennai by AASI

Asia's first 5th Generation Virtual Reality based

Advanced Driver Training Simulator Centre was

launched at the Automobile Association of Southern

India Centre (AASI), Chennai.

In the first 6 months, AASI will train 200

Ambulance drivers free of cost, under 'Safe

Drivers Campaign'.

The patented simulator was ideated, designed

and developed by Chennai based Red

Chariots Technologies Pvt Ltd.

The training session is a combination of

level-based practical learning modules

coupled with self-learning theory modules

through an interactive e-learning quiz app

built in-house.

ESIC Signs an Agreement with SBI for Payments

To ESIC Beneficiaries on Real-Time Basis

A Memorandum of Agreement has been signed

between the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation

(ESIC) and State Bank of India.

In accordance with the agreement, the SBI

would provide e-payment services directly to

the bank accounts of all ESIC beneficiaries

and payees without any manual intervention

as an integrated and automated process.

The e-payment integration would affect

statutory benefit payments to ESIC

beneficiaries as well as other payees on a

real-time basis.

The new system will benefit all stakeholders

of ESIC.

Vaishno Devi Shrine tops the list of 'Swachh

Iconic Places'

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Jammu and

Kashmir has been adjudged as the Best Swachh

Iconic place in the country in the 'Swachh Iconic

Places'.

The list was released by the Ministry of Jal

Shakti, Department of Drinking Water and

Sanitation.

The Shrine has been adjudged on the basis of

the overall improvement in sanitation.

The Shrine was in direct competition with

dozen other iconic places including

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Maharashtra),

Taj Mahal (Uttar Pradesh), Tirupati Temple

(Andhra Pradesh) Golden Temple (Punjab)

Manikarnika Ghat (Varanasi), Ajmer Sharif

Dargah (Rajasthan) among others.

In 2018, the Shrine was also declared as the

cleanest religious place by the IndiaToday

Group.

New Delhi slips 6 notches in world's most liveable

cities ranking

The national capital has dropped by six places to rank

118th on a list of the world's most liveable cities.

It is mainly due to an increase in cases of

petty crimes and poor air quality, according

to an annual survey by the Economist

Intelligence Unit.

Mumbai also fell two places since last year to

rank 119th on the list topped by Vienna

(Austria) for the second consecutive year.

India jumps to 34th rank on world travel and

tourism competitiveness index

According to a World Economic Forum (WEF)

report, India has jumped six places to claim 34th spot

on world Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index

2019.

In 2015, India had been ranked at 52nd and at

40th in 2017.

Spain tops the ranking index followed by

France and Germany.

According to the WEF report, over 1.5 crore

international tourists arrived in India while

the share of travel and tourism industry was

3.6 per cent and that of industry employment

was 5.1 per cent.

Teachers' Day: 05 September

Teacher’s Day is celebrated every year on September

5 to honour Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan on his birth

anniversary.

Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan served as

India’s first Vice President from 1952-1962

and as India’s second President from 1962-

1967.

Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan believed that

"teachers should be the best minds in the

country".

Points to remember

World Teachers' Day, established by

UNESCO in 1994, on 5 October

CBI's 1st national conference on cybercrime

investigation inaugurated

CBI Director Rishi Kumar Shukla inaugurated the

1st National Conference on Cyber Crime

Investigation and Cyber Forensics at CBI

Headquarters in New Delhi.

The two-day conference covers one of the

mandates of CBI which is to investigate

crimes with inter-state and international

ramifications.

The conference is aimed at creating the

platform and bringing together investigators,

lawyers, forensic experts and academia to

discuss challenges related to cybercrime and

ways to find solutions.

Dawood Ibrahim, Hafiz Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rahman

Lakhvi and Masood Azhar declared terrorists

under UAPA

India's most wanted Dawood Ibrahim, Hafiz Saeed,

Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi and Masood Azhar have

been declared terrorists under the recently amended

- Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act.

They have been declared individual terrorists

under the amended terror law by the

government.

Masood Azhar is designated as a global

terrorist by the United Nations under the

United Nations Security Council Resolution

1267 on the 1st of May this year.

Delhi to include OBC, General category students

in Jai Bheem Mukhyamantri Yojana

The Delhi Cabinet has decided to include other

backward class (OBC) and general category students

in its 'Jai Bheem Mukhyamantri Yojana'.

The government also enhance financial

assistance from Rs. 40,000 to Rs. one lakh for

coaching for various competitive exams.

Earlier, the scheme was only for the

scheduled caste category students under

which financial assistance of up to Rs. 40,000

would be provided.

Country's first 'Fun Zone' for children at

Visakhapatnam railway station

With an aim to cut down the monotony of prolonged

waiting periods on railway stations and to make it an

enjoyable experience, particularly for children, a fun

zone has been set up by the Railways at the

Visakhapatnam railway station.

The gaming zone has various sets of

interesting games to enthral children as well

as adults.

According to the South Coast Railway Zone,

the Fun Zone is the first of its kind in the

country.

The games ranging from video shooting to

other indoor games aim to keep children

engaged during long waiting hours at

platforms.

The Fun Zone will have all the high-tech

gaming activities at par with game parlours.

Mini Conclave of First Investor Summit-2019

held in Leh

After the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A, the Mini

Conclave of First Jammu and Kashmir Investor

Summit-2019 is held in Leh.

Despite the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh

are going to be the Union Territories from 1st

November onwards.

The First-ever Global Investors Summit is to

be held in Jammu & Kashmir from 12 to 14

October this year.

Gujarat Govt, Delaware State of America sign

MoU for sister-state

Gujarat Government and the Delaware State of

America signed MoU -Memorandum of

Understanding for sister state.

MoU was signed in Gandhinagar when a

delegation of Delaware State of America

called on Gujarat Chief Minister Delaware’s

Vijay Rupani.

MoU was signed by Gujarat Chief Minister

and Delaware’s Secretary of state.

This is the first sister-state MoU signed by

Gujarat with any state of America.

India among top 10 nations in gold reserves

India has pipped the Netherlands to move into the list

of top ten countries in terms of total gold reserves.

According to the World Gold Council, India

has gold reserves totalling 618.2 tonnes,

which is marginally higher than the

Netherlands’ reserves of 612.5 tonnes.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) occupies

the third position after the U.S. and Germany.

Indian ranked 9th in individual country

ranking, excluding IMF, and ranked 10th

including IMF.

Points to remember

World Gold Council Headquarters: London,

United Kingdom

CEO: David Tait

India announces 1 Billion Dollar line of credit for

the development of Russia's Far East

India announced a line of credit worth one Billion US

dollars for the development of the Far East region of

Russia.

Addressing the Plenary Session of 5th

Eastern Economic Forum, EEF, in

Vladivostok, Prime Minister Narendra Modi

said this announcement will prove to be a

take-off point for India's 'Act Far East' policy.

Russian region is full of resources which

provide an opportunity for Russia and its

friends.

The Prime Minister thanked Russian

President Vladimir Putin for inviting him as

the chief guest at the EEF for his love for

India.

India, South Korea sign two major agreements

India and South Korea have signed two major

agreements to further defence educational exchanges

and extend logistical support to each other’s Navies.

The agreements will help enhance defence

co-operation between the two countries.

The agreements were signed after the talks

between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and

his South Korean counterpart Jeong

Kyeongdoo in Seoul.

The two Ministers also exchanged views on

regional and international developments of

mutual interest.

Mr Singh also paid homage at the National

Cemetery of Korea to the brave martyrs who

had laid down their lives for the Korean

nation.

WHO and South-East Asia Region plans to

banish measles, rubella by 2023

Member-countries of the World Health Organisation

(WHO) South-East Asia Region has resolved to

eliminate highly infectious childhood killer diseases

measles and rubella by 2023.

A resolution to eliminate the diseases was

adopted at the 72nd session of the WHO

Regional Committee for South-East Asia in

Delhi.

Measles elimination and rubella control have

been a regional flagship priority since 2014.

India continues to grapple with 39,299 cases,

ranking fourth among 194 countries in the

number of measles cases registered between

July 2018 and June 2019.

6th India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue

The 6th India-China Strategic Economic

Dialogue(SED) will be held in New Delhi from 7-9

September 2019.

The Dialogue will comprise of round table

meetings of Joint Working Groups (JWG) on

Infrastructure, Energy, High-Tech, Resource

Conservation, Pharmaceuticals and Policy

coordination followed by technical site visits

and closed-door G2G meetings.

The Indian side will be led by Vice

Chairman, NITI Aayog and the Chinese side

by Chairman, NDRC.

The 5th SED was held in Beijing on April 14,

2018, right before the informal Wuhan

Summit between the leaders of the two

countries.

Edelweiss, SBI sign pact for co-origination of

loans to MSMEs

ECL Finance Limited, a subsidiary of Edelweiss

Financial Services Limited and State Bank of India

(SBI) have signed a co-origination agreement, which

aims to increase access to credit for micro, small and

medium enterprises.

It plans to provide business loans, machinery

loans and SME asset-backed loans ranging

from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 50 lakh at a blended rate

of interest.

This is the third co-origination agreement for

Edelweiss, after Bank of Baroda and Central

Bank of India.

Chandrayaan-2: 95% of mission objectives

accomplished, says ISRO

ISRO says despite the loss of communication with

Vikram Lander, 90 to 95 per cent of the mission

objectives have been accomplished.

The Orbiter has already been placed in the

orbit around the moon.

The Orbiter camera is the highest resolution

camera in any lunar mission so far and shall

provide high-resolution images which will be

immensely useful to the global scientific

community.

The statement said Vikram Lander followed

the planned descent trajectory from its orbit

of 35 Km to just below 2 km above the

surface.

1st conference of Military Medicine for the SCO

Member States to be held in New Delhi

The first conference of Military Medicine for

Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) Member

States will be held in New Delhi on 12 - 13

September 2019.

The conference will be the first Military co-

operation event hosted by India, under the

SCO Defence Co-operation Plan 2019-2020,

after it became an SCO Member State in

2017.

The conference will be conducted with the

aim to share best practices in the field of

military medicine, build capacities and

overcome common challenges.

PM Modi inaugurates first 'Make in India' metro

coach in Mumbai

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first

Metro Coach in Mumbai under the ‘Make in India’

initiative at Jio World Centre, Maharashtra, Mumbai.

The coach, the first in the list of 500 to be

delivered to the Mumbai Metro Rail

Corporation, has been built by Bharat Earth

Movers (BEML) at its Bengaluru facility in

flat 75 days.

Maharashtra is pumping in over Rs 1.2 lakh

crore to build 14 metro corridors stretching

337-km over the next decade.

Rohit Sharma Launches Campaign to save

Rhinos in India

India vice-captain Rohit Sharma is launching

‘Rohit4Rhinos campaign’, in partnership with WWF

India and Animal Planet, to help build awareness for

the need to conserve the Greater One-Horned

Rhinoceros or the Indian Rhino.

In a campaign launching on Animal Planet to

commemorate World Rhino Day on

September 22, Rohit pledges to do his bit to

save the "vulnerable" species from

extinction.

The Indian rhinoceros faces several threats,

including poaching, habitat loss and mass

mortality from inbreeding and disease.

CBSE partners with Microsoft for capacity

building of teachers

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

has joined hands with Microsoft to conduct capacity

building programmes for high school teachers and

integrate cloud-powered technology in teaching.

The programme will cater to teac

IAF completes the first level of astronaut selection

for Gaganyaan

The first level of selection of Indian astronauts for

Mission Gaganyaan has been completed at the

Institute of Aerospace Medicine by the Indian Air

Force (IAF).

The Gaganyaan mission was announced by

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his

Independence Day speech last year, is

scheduled to launch by December 2021.

The mission entails placing a three-member

crew into a low-Earth orbit for a period of

seven days.

If successful, it will make India the fourth

country to independently send human beings

into space.

The chosen astronauts will then be sent to

Russia by November for 15 months of

training.

Chandrayaan-2 orbiter locates Lander Vikram

on the surface of the moon

In a significant development relating to the lunar

mission Chandrayaan-2, the Lander Vikram has been

located on the surface of the moon.

The Chairman of the national space agency

ISRO, Dr K Sivan has said, a thermal image

of the Lander has been captured by the

Orbiter of Chandrayaan-2.

The thermal image has been captured by the

‘Imaging Infra-Red Spectrometer’ that is

fitted on the Orbiter.

The spectrometer is one of the eight scientific

instruments that are onboard the Orbiter.

The Orbiter is meticulously revolving around

the moon and has eight important payloads

on it including the Infra-Red device.

Article 371 providing special provisions for NE

states will not be tampered

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has asserted that

Article 371, which provides special provisions for

North-Eastern states, will not be tampered.

Addressing the 68th Plenary of the North

Eastern Council (NEC) in Guwahati, Mr.

Shah allayed apprehensions of North Eastern

people regarding Article 371.

Article 371 of the Constitution includes

“special provisions” for 11 states, including

six states of the Northeast.

Government to spend 3.5 lakh crore rupees in the

next five years on Jal Jeevan Mission

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that

the central government will spend 3.5 lakh crore

rupees in the next five years on 'Jal Jeevan Mission'.

The aim of the mission is to deliver potable

water at every household across the country.

Jal Jeevan Mission has been launched in

order to free women from the trouble of

having to toil hard to fetch water.

Jal Jeevan Mission involves saving water and

delivering water at one's doorstep.

President Kovind embarks on 9-day visit to

Iceland, Switzerland, Slovenia

President Ram Nath Kovind embarked on an official

nine-day visit to Iceland, Switzerland, and Slovenia.

Kovind arrived in Iceland and hold talks with

his Icelandic counterpart Gudni Th.

The second leg of the visit to Switzerland will

begin on September 11.

The final leg of the visit to Slovenia will

begin on September 15 and mark the first-

ever visit by an Indian President to the

country.

Points to Remember

Iceland capital: Reykjavík

Switzerland Capital: Bern

Slovenia capital: Ljubljana

Multilingual Mobile App ‘CHC Farm

Machinery’ launched for farmers

Minister of State for Agriculture Parshottam Rupala

launched a multilingual Mobile App “CHC Farm

Machinery” during a conference on Crop Residue

Management in New Delhi.

Farmers can now get affordable access to

cutting-edge technology at their doorsteps.

It will allow farmers to avail custom hiring

services of CHCs located in a radius of 50

km.

The App connects the farmers with Custom

Hiring Service Centers in their area.

The Minster sought ideas from farmers to

ensure zero burning in all villages.

International conference ‘ANGAN’ being

organized in New Delhi

A three-day-long International conference ANGAN

(Augmenting Nature by Green Affordable New-

habitat) for Energy Efficiency in the Building Sector

is being organized by the Bureau of Energy

Efficiency in New Delhi.

Indo-German Technical Cooperation is also

partnering in the event.

Experts and policymakers from sixteen

countries are participating in this event to

discuss various alternative options and

technologies in the field of design and

construction of energy-efficient commercial

as well as residential buildings.

The three-day-long event will provide a

platform to deliberate on the interdependence

between organizations, systems

sustainability and feedback loops for better

resource efficiency.

First Helicopter summit held in Dehradun

The Ministry of Civil Aviation organised India's

first-ever helicopter summit in Dehradun.

The Indian Air Force was invited to the

summit to talk on the "role of IAF helicopters

in MEDEVAC (Medical evacuation) at the

national level".

The conclave was attended by Uttarakhand

Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, the

Aviation Secretary, and the Chief Secretary

of Uttarakhand, amongst others.

India, ADB sign 200-million dollar loan

agreement for upgrading roads in Maharashtra

India and Asian Development Bank, ADB signed a

200-million dollar loan agreement for upgrading

rural roads in 34 districts of Maharashtra to improve

road safety.

The Finance Ministry said the project will

improve the condition of about two thousand

100 kilometres of rural roads to all-weather

standards.

IPPB rolls out Aadhaar-enabled payment services

The government announced the rollout of Aadhaar

Enabled Payment System Services by India Post

Payments Bank, IPPB.

Minister for Communications, Electronics

and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad give a strong

boost to the Centre's efforts in expanding

access to financial services for millions of

unbanked and underbanked customers.

IPPB has become the single largest platform

in the country for providing interoperable

banking services to customers of any bank by

leveraging the last mile unprecedented reach

of the Postal network.

Mr Prasad congratulated the bank for

achieving the milestone of one crore

customers and exhorted them to achieve five

crore target in the next one year.

Points to Remember

IPPB MD and CEO : Suresh Sethi

PM Modi, Nepalese PM inaugurates Motihari-

Amlekhgunj oil pipeline

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nepal's Prime

Minister K.P.Sharma Oli jointly inaugurated

Motihari-Amlekhgunj cross border petroleum

products pipeline through video conference.

This is the first transnational petroleum

pipeline form India and first South Asian oil

pipeline corridor.

The landmark pipeline will ensure a smooth,

cost-effective and environment-friendly

supply of petroleum products to Nepal.

The 69 km long pipeline from Motihari in

Bihar to Amlekhgunj in Nepal has been

constructed by India in just 15 months, half

of its 30 months deadline.

The cost of the pipeline is around three

hundred fifty crore rupees which are entirely

borne by Indian Oil Corporation.

PM Modi launches National Animal Disease

Control Programme

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the

National Animal Disease Control Programme

(NADCP) for eradicating the Foot and Mouth

Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis in the livestock from

Mathura in Uttar Pradesh.

The programme aims at vaccinating over 500

Million Livestock including cattle, buffalo,

sheep, goats and pigs against the disease.

It will be implemented for a period of five

years till 2024 at a cost of 12, 652 crore

rupees.

It also aims at vaccinating 36 million female

Bovine Calves annually in its fight against

the Brucellosis disease.

The objective of the programme is to control

Foot and Mouth Disease and Brucellosis

by 2025 and their eradication by 2030.

IAF resurrects 17 Squadron 'Golden Arrows' for

Rafale

The Indian Air Force (IAF) resurrected the Air Force

Station Ambala-based 17 Squadron 'Golden Arrows',

which will operate the first squadron of Rafale

fighter jets in the near future.

Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa

presented a memento to Station Commander

Group Captain Harkirat Singh to

commemorate the occasion.

The squadron was formed at Ambala on 01st

Oct 1951 under the command of Flight

Lieutenant D L Springett and was then

equipped with Harvard-II B aircraft.

Under the command of then Wing

Commander BS Dhanoa, Golden Arrows

participated actively in Operation Safed

Sagar in 1999.

Centre sets up 3-member panel to oversee

bifurcation of J&K into two Union Territories

Centre has set up a three-member panel to oversee

the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two

Union Territories.

The committee will look into the distribution

of assets and liabilities of Jammu and

Kashmir between two successor Union

territories, which will come into existence on

the 31st of October this year.

The committee headed by Former Defence

Secretary Sanjay Mitra will have Retired IAS

officer Arun Goyal and Retired Indian Civil

Accounts Service officer Giriraj Prasad

Gupta as members.

On 5th of last month, the Centre had

announced the abrogation of the special

status given to J&K under Article 370 and

bifurcation of the state into the two UTs.

Kerala to set up India's first global trade centre

for women

In a first, Kerala is all set to set up India's first

International Women's Trade Centre (iWTC), in

consonance with the United Nations Sustainable

Development Goals (SDs), in Kozhikode.

This initiative aims to accelerate women

entrepreneurship and secure gender parity

while providing women with a safe place

away from home to start new businesses, set

up or expand, and get their products marketed

globally.

The first phase of iWTC, being executed

under the Gender Park’s “Vision 2020”, is

scheduled to be completed by 2021.

Keralites celebrate Onam with full spirit

Keralites across the globe are celebrating their

biggest festival Onam.

The annual harvest festival of Onam falls in

the month of Chingam.

It is a 10-day long festival from Atham to

Thiruonam. Onam commemorates the return

of a mythical, righteous King Mahabali.

Irrespective of the caste and community,

Onam is being celebrated by Keralites across

the globe with full spirit.

NITI Aayog joins hands with McKinsey for first

digital capability centre

McKinsey & Company has secured a contract from

the NITI Aayog to set up India’s first digital

capability centre (DCC) at New Delhi.

The government will act as a facilitator to

bring together industry, academia and

research on one platform to help set up the

centre, which has to be driven by the private

sector.

The Aayog has lined up extensive

stakeholder consultations over the next few

months to firm up the plan.

DCC is a unique digital manufacturing

learning centre offering company leaders and

their workforces hands-on experience and

workshops in next-generation technology.

hers of classes eight to 10 and will be

conducted in 10 cities across the country.

As part of the programme, at least 1,000

teachers nominated by the CBSE will

undergo a three-day project-based training

for practical, hands-on knowledge of

Microsoft 365 tools such as OneNote,

Flipgrid, Teams and Outlook.

DRDO successfully flight-tests indigenously

developed MPATGM missile

In a major boost for Indian Army, Defence Research

and Development Organisation (DRDO)

successfully flight tested indigenously developed

low weight, fire and forget Man-Portable Antitank

Guided Missile (MPATGM) in the ranges of

Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh.

The missile was launched from a man-

portable Tripod launcher and the target was

mimicking a functional tank.

The missile hit the target in top attack mode

and destroyed it with precision. All the

mission objectives were met.

This is the third series of successful testing of

MPATGM.

The missile is incorporated with state-of-the-

art Infrared Imaging Seeker along with

advanced avionics.

India's 2nd Scorpene-class submarine to be

commissioned on September 28

India's second Scorpene-class attack submarine INS

Khanderi will be commissioned into the Navy by

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Mumbai on

September 28.

The conventional diesel-electric submarine

has been manufactured by Mazagon Dock

Shipbuilders Ltd in Mumbai.

The first Scorpene-class submarine INS

Kalvari had been commissioned into the

Indian Navy on December 2017.

Under the Project 75 programme, India is

committed to building six Scorpene-class

submarines that also includes INS Kalvari

and INS Khanderi.

Indian Railways across the country is observing

“Swachhta-Hi-Seva Pakhwada” from 11th

September to 2nd October

Ministry of Railways is observing ‘Swachhta-Hi-

Seva Pakhwada’ across its entire network from 11th

September to 2nd October.

Indian Railways also undertook massive

Shramdaan with participation from all

stakeholders on plastic waste collection on

the first day of SHS.

Focus on plastic waste collection shall

continue throughout the Swachhta

Pakhwada.

Earlier the Minister of Railways has

instructed for 10 days cleanliness drive for

trains and stations starting 2nd September

2019.

Madhya Pradesh govt to allow people to adopt

cows online

The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to turn

to the state’s people to seek donations for its ‘Project

Gaushala’ by letting them adopt cows online.

People can adopt a cow for a minimum of 15

days and can go on supporting it till the

animal’s lifetime.

While a lifetime adoption costs Rs 3 lakh,

those willing to adopt a bovine for a year will

have to pay Rs 21,000.

Those adopting for a month will have to pay

Rs 2,100 and those willing to adopt for 15

days will have to pay Rs 1,100.

India hosts the first conference on military

medicine for SCO member nations

India is hosting the first conference on military

medicine for member nations of the Shanghai Co-

operation Organisation in New Delhi.

The two-day conference is being held with an

aim to share best practices in the field of

military medicine.

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

attended the conference.

This is the first military co-operation event to

be organised in the country under the SCO

after it joined the organisation in 2017.

PM Modi launches Kisan Man Dhan Yojana for

small, marginal farmers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the

‘Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana’ at

Ranchi in Jharkhand.

The Scheme will secure the lives of Small

and Marginal Farmers by providing a pension

of 3,000 rupees per month to those who

attain 60 years of age.

According to an estimate, five crore farmers

across the country including 10 lakh in

Jharkhand will be benefited from this

scheme.

The Prime Minister also launched the

National Pension Scheme for the Traders and

The Self-Employed.

The scheme aims at providing a minimum

assured pension of 3,000 rupees to small

traders and self-employed after attaining the

age of 60 Years.

Free rail travel insurance of Rs 25 lakh each for

passengers on board Delhi-Lucknow Tejas

Passengers of IRCTC's Delhi-Lucknow Tejas

Express to get free Rs 25 lakh rail travel insurance.

The passengers of this train will also be given

the facility of using retiring rooms at

Lucknow junction station and executive

lounge at New Delhi Railway station and

lounge for meetings on-demand.

No concessions, privileges or duty passes

will be allowed on these trains.

Just like in flights, meals will be served by

onboard service staff by trolleys.

The inaugural run of Tejas Express was on 24

May 2017 from Mumbai to Goa.

White Water Rafting Expedition 'Rudrashila'

Flagged off at Jaisalmer

The white water Rafting Expedition christened

'RUDRASHILA' being undertaken by Kalidhar

Battalion was at Jaisalmer Military station.

The expedition christened 'Rudrashila' has

been organised to commemorate the 75th

Raising day of the Kalidhar Battalion.

'Rudrashila' takes its name from the famed

Rudraprayag tributary of the Ganges River in

the Mountains of Uttarakhand.

'Kalidhar Battalion' was raised on 01

November 1943 and has participated in all

major operations of the Indian Army

including two overseas assignments in Korea

in 1953 and UN peacekeeping mission in

Congo in 2005-06.

Indo-Thailand Joint Military Exercise Maitree –

2019

Joint Military Exercise MAITREE-2019 between

India and Thailand will be conducted at Foreign

Training Node, Umroi (Meghalaya) from 16-29 Sep

2019.

Indian and Royal Thailand Army (RTA)

comprising 50 soldiers each will participate

in the exercise with an aim to share

experience gained during various counter-

terrorism operations in their respective

countries.

Exercise MAITREE is an annual training

event which is being conducted alternatively

in Thailand and India since 2006.

The joint military exercise will enhance the

level of defence co-operation between Indian

Army (IA) and Royal Thailand Army (RTA)

which in turn will further foster defence

cooperation and bilateral relations between

the two nations.

Haryana CM launches two insurance schemes for

traders

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar

launched two insurance schemes for traders.

An insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh would be

provided under the 'Mukhyamantri

VyapariSamuhikNiji

DurghatnaBeemaYojana', while an insurance

cover ranging from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 25 lakh

would be provided under the 'Mukhyamantri

VyapariKshatipurti Beema Yojana'.

Traders registered under the Haryana Goods

and Service Tax (HGST) Act, 2017 would be

covered under these schemes.

He said the premium of Rs 38 crore for both

the insurance schemes would be paid by the

state government.

India joins the global antimicrobial resistance

research hub

India has joined the Global Antimicrobial Resistance

(AMR) Research and Development (R&D) hub as a

new member.

This would expand the global partnership

working to address challenges and improve

coordination and collaboration in global

AMR research.

AMR is the ability of a microbe to resist the

effects of medication that once could

successfully treat the microbe.

Global AMR research and development hub

was launched in May 2018 on the margins of

the 71st session of the World Health

Assembly, following a call from G20 leaders

in 2017.

NCST recommends ‘tribal area’ status for

Ladakh under Sixth Schedule

The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes

(NCST) wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah and

Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda, recommending

that Ladakh be declared a tribal area under the Sixth

Schedule of the Constitution.

The Sixth Schedule provides for the

administration of tribal areas after setting up

the autonomous district and regional

councils.

The Home Ministry is the central authority

for declaring an area as a “tribal area”.

The Scheduled Tribes that inhabit the region

include Balti, Beda, Boto, Brokpa/Drokpa,

Changpa, Garra, Mon and Purigpa.

DRDO hands over second 'Netra' early warning

system to IAF

The Defence Research Development Organization

(DRDO) handed over the second airborne warning

plane, Netra, to the Indian Air Force.

The Netra, an Airborne Early Warning and

Control (AEWC) aircraft, had played a stellar

role during the Balakot airstrikes that had

been carried out by the IAF in February this

year.

It provided surveillance and radar coverage to

the five Mirage jets that bombed terror launch

pads in Balakot in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa

province in Pakistan.

Designed and developed by scientists of the

DRDO, with assistance from the Bengaluru-

based Centre for Airborne Systems, the Netra

is fitted with indigenously developed

electronics and hardware.

Tata Group private partner in Indian Institute of

Skills, Mumbai

Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister for Skill

Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), on laid

the foundation stone for Indian Institute of Skills

(IIS) at Mumbai.

The objective of the institute is to provide

skill training in highly-specialised areas to

students who want to pursue technical

education after completing Class X and XII.

Tata Education Development Trust (TEDT)

was selected as the private partner for setting

up IIS at NSTI campus in Mumbai through a

competitive bidding process.

The Tata Group is investing about ₹300 crore

in the 4.5-acre campus.

The Union Cabinet had given its nod to set up

Indian Institute of Skills (IISs) in three cities,

Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Kanpur to give

wings to the Skill India Mission.

Hindi Diwas: 14 September

Hindi Diwas is observed every year on 14 September

to mark the popularity of Hindi as an official

language of India.

On the occasion, the International Hindi

Conference was also organised by the World

Hindi Council in New Delhi.

Under Article 343 of the Indian Constitution,

Hindi written in Devanagari script was

adopted as the official language.

Engineers Day: 15 September

Engineers Day in India is observed every year on 15

September.

It is celebrated as a tribute to the greatest

Indian engineer and Bharat Ratna Sir

Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraya.

He was an engineering pioneer of India

whose genius reflected in harnessing of water

resources and building and consolidation of

dams across the country.

Visvesvaraya was also the chief engineer

responsible for the construction of the

Krishna Raja Sagara Dam in Mysore, the

biggest in Asia at that time.

However, the Telangana state celebrates

Engineers day on July 11th on the birthday of

Ali Nawaz Jung Bahadur.

14th Conference of Parties to UNCCD adopts

Delhi Declaration

The 14th Conference of Parties (COP-14) to the

United Nations Convention to Combat

Desertification (UNCCD) came to a close with the

adoption of the Delhi Declaration.

During the extensive deliberations that lasted

for 12 days, COP-14 witnessed widespread

participation from over 9,000 participants

from across the globe at Greater Noida.

In Delhi Declaration, the parties expressed

support for new initiatives aiming to improve

human health and well-being, the health of

ecosystems and to advance peace and

security.

During the 12-day conference, COP 14 held

thought-provoking discussions on land

management, restoration of degraded land,

drought, climate change, renewable energy,

women empowerment, gender equality,

water scarcity and various other issues.

Arunachal Pradesh CM dedicates Dikshi

Hydroelectric Project to people of the state

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu

dedicated the Dikshi Hydroelectric Project to the

people of the state.

The 24 Mega Watt Hydroelectric Project has

been installed at Dikshi Village in West

Kameng District.

It is a Run-of-the-River project constructed

on the river Phudung by Devi Energies

Private Limited.

It was completed in a record time of four

years with an investment of about 430 crore

rupees.

Government of Arunachal Pradesh is the sole

beneficiary of the power generation from this

project.

Traditional Neermahal Jal Utsav concludes in

Tripura

In Tripura, the three-day-long traditional Neermahal

Jal Utsav concluded with eye-catching boat race and

swimming competitions at Rudrasagar lake.

Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb flagged off

the boat race.

Neermahal is a water palace built at the

middle of Rudrasagar lake by Maharaja Bir

Bikram Kishore Manikya in 1930 as his

summer resort is inspired by the Mughal style

of architecture.

‘Great Ganga Run 2019’ flagged off in New Delhi

Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju flagged off ‘Great

Ganga Run-2019’ at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in

New Delhi.

The event was organised by Ministry of Jal

Shakti.

A large number of people from all age groups

participated in the marathon.

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar flags off

‘Jaldoot’ bus for water conservation initiative in

Pune

The union minister for environment, forest and

climate change Shri Prakash Javadekar flagged off a

bus named “Jaldoot” in Pune, Maharashtra.

It showcases the importance of water

conservation.

This bus which is redesigned to create

“Jaldoot: Travelling Exhibition on Jalshakti

Abhiyan”, would travel to 8 districts of

Maharashtra for 2 months.

Trilateral Exercise “SITMEX” Commences at

Port Blair

A maiden trilateral exercise SITMEX, involving

Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), Royal Thailand

Navy (RTN) and Indian Navy (IN) started at Port

Blair.

The exercise aims to bolster the maritime

inter-relationships among Singapore

Thailand and India, and contribute

significantly to enhance the overall maritime

security in the region.

This would also strengthen the mutual

confidence amongst three navies in terms of

interoperability and development of a

common understanding of procedures.

Indo-Thailand Joint Exercise 'Maitree' in Umroi

Opening Ceremony of Indo-Thailand Joint Exercise

Maitree was conducted at Joint Training Node,

Umroi.

Indian Army and Royal Thailand Army

contingents put up a brilliant march past

demonstration & weapons and equipment

were displayed for the RTA Contingent.

The exercise will culminate with a 48 hours

joint exercise which will showcase the

planning and execution of joint skills of

soldiers while conducting any counter-

terrorism operation.

India to fund 1000 PhD fellowships for ASEAN

students at IITs

India formally launched an initiative to fund 1,000

scholars from south-east Asian countries to pursue

PhD at its 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).

The move will help internationalize its

premier technology campuses and boost

academic ties with East Asian neighbours.

The move comes after Prime Minister

Narendra Modi had promised to enhance

academic ties with the East Asian nations in

2018.

1st anniversary of Ayushman Bharat scheme on

23 September

Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya

Yojna scheme will be completing one year on

September 23.

Within one year, more than 45 lakh poor

people have been treated under Ayushman

Bharat scheme.

18,073 hospitals have been empanelled, and

more than Rs 70,500 crore has been spent.

One important aspect of Pradhan Mantri Jan

Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) is that benefits of

the scheme are portable across the country

and a beneficiary can visit any empanelled

public or private hospital for cashless

treatment.

ISRO and DRDO ink MoUs to provide

technologies for human-centric systems for

Human Space Mission

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has

joined hands with Defence Research and

Development Organisation (DRDO) for the

development of human-centric systems for the

Human Space Mission to demonstrate its human

space flight capabilities.

The technological capabilities existing in

DRDO laboratories for defence applications

will be customised to meet the requirements

of the human space mission of ISRO.

ISRO aims to demonstrate human spaceflight

capability before the 75th anniversary of

India’s independence in 2022.

Kerala govt inks MoU with the Maldives on

cancer care

Kerala inked a memorandum of understanding

(MoU) with the Maldives to strengthen cancer care

in the island nation.

Maldives has also sought RCC's support to

create a cancer registry in that country.

The MOU was signed between Maldivian

Minister Abdulla Ameen and Kerala Health

Minister K K Shylaja in the presence of the

state Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

Air-to-Air Missile Astra successfully flight tested

from Su-30 MKI

India's indigenously designed air-to-air missile Astra

was successfully test-fired from the Bay of Bengal

off the coast of Odisha.

The beyond-visual-range missile was

launched from Sukhoi-30 MKI as a part of

user trials.

Various radars, electro-optical tracking

system and sensors tracked the missile and

confirmed its engagement with the target.

Astra has been designed by the DRDO, the

premier research and development

organisation of the armed forces in the

country.

The Astra is capable of engaging targets of

different ranges and altitudes including long-

range as well as short-range targets.

At 17.5 million, Indian diaspora largest in the

world: UN report

India is the leading country of origin of international

migrants in 2019 with a 17.5 million-strong diaspora.

The International Migrant Stock 2019, a

dataset released by the Population Division of

the UN Department of Economic and Social

Affairs provides the latest estimates of the

number of international migrants by age, sex

and origin for all countries and areas of the

world.

The report says that India hosted 5.1 million

international migrants in 2019, less than 5.2

million in 2015.

Migrants from Mexico constituted the

second-largest diaspora with 11.8 million

people followed by China with 10.7 million

people.

Union Minister Gehlot launches MIS portal

under Accessible India Campaign

The Department of Empowerment of Persons with

Disabilities, under Ministry of Social Justice and

Empowerment, has developed a Management

Information System, MIS for stakeholders of

Accessible India Campaign.

Union Minister for Social Justice and

Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot

launched the MIS portal in New Delhi.

The MIS portal will bring all the nodal

ministries and States and Union Territories

on a single platform for monitoring the

progress being made against each target of

Accessible India Campaign.

The portal will be useful in maintaining all

the function on a digital platform and capture

data on a real-time basis.

Government issues ordinance to ban e-cigarettes

The Government issued an ordinance to ban e-

cigarettes making the production, import, export,

transport, sell or advertisements of such "alternative"

smoking devices a cognizable offence attracting jail

term and fine.

First-time violators will face a jail term of up

to one year and a fine of Rs 1 lakh.

For subsequent offences, a jail term of up to

three years or a fine of Rs 5 lakh, or both

according to the ordinance.

The storage of e-cigarettes shall now be

punishable with imprisonment of up to six

months or a fine of up to Rs 50,000 or both.

Delhi Police launches 'Tatpar' app for citizens

In order to provide safety and a convenient online

mode on a 24x7 basis to its citizen, Delhi Lieutenant

Governor Anil Baijal on launched newly-integrated

one-touch mobile app 'Tatpar'.

The app has included all the important

websites, mobile applications and helpline

numbers of Delhi Police besides, 50 other

services.

With the help of this app, people can also

share information to police about a suspicious

vehicle or person or of a crime.

The police have claimed that there are more

than 50 citizen-centric services in it with just

a single click.

Ramesh Pokhriyal launches waste management

summit for women entrepreneurs

Union Human Resource Development Minister

Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' launched 'WAWE

Summit 2019': Waste Management Summit for

Women Entrepreneurs.

The Minister informed that the WAWE

Summit will be held in November-December

2019.

It will be jointly organized by All India

Council for Technical Education (AICTE)

and Institute of Waste Management (IIWM)

in Jaipur.

He further said that this conclave will be part

of a series of activities to encourage

entrepreneurship amongst young graduates.

India Post expands speed post service to six new

foreign countries

India Post expanded speed post service to six new

foreign destinations in Asia, Europe and South

America.

The Department of Posts has announced

commencing of International Speed Post

(EMS) Service to Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Brazil, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Lithuania and

North Macedonia.

EMS or Express Mail Service is a premium

service that enables its users to send

documents and merchandise faster and with

the added facility of being able to track the

movement of the item on the internet.

India Post currently provides speed post

service to 100 countries, as per the

information available on its website.

International Ramayana Festival concludes in

Delhi

The 5th edition of the International Ramayana

Festival concluded in the national capital Delhi with

performances from Bangladesh and Fiji.

The three-day-long festival, which

commenced on September 17 was held at

Kamani Auditorium.

In the event, around nine countries including

Bangladesh and Fiji participated and

rendered their versions of Ramayan.

On September 17, Thailand, Indonesia and

Sri Lanka participated in the event while on

September 18, Cambodia, Mauritius and

Trinidad and Tobago showcased their version

of Ramayana to the audience.

Last year in January, India hosted the

Ramayana Festival in coordination with

ASEAN countries.

Telangana to observe 2020 as the "Year of AI"

The Telangana government has decided to declare

2020 as Artificial Intelligence year by organising

various activities related to the emerging technology.

The state government has signed up with

NITI Aayog, which has come out with the

'National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence'

to run pilot projects in Telangana.

IT industry body NASSCOM is setting up a

Centre of Excellence in Data Sciences and AI

here, which is expected to start its activities

in 2020.

The IIT, Kharagpur, which is coming up with

its regional centre here, would take up the

first programme in AI.

Skill India, IBM join hands for nationwide Train-

the-Trainer programme in AI

The Directorate General of Training (DGT), under

the skill development and entrepreneurship ministry,

has signed an agreement with IT major IBM to carry

out a nationwide Train-the-Trainer programme in

basic artificial intelligence.

As part of the programme, ITI trainers will be

trained on basic artificial intelligence (AI)

skills towards using technology in their day-

to-day training activities.

IBM aims at training 10,000 faculty members

from ITIs across the country and the

programme will be executed over a period of

one year with 14 trainers across 7 locations

with over 200 workshops.

Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria to be next IAF chief

Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria, who is currently

serving as the Vice Chief of Air Staff, will take over

as the new Chief of Air Staff, succeeding Air Chief

Marshal BS Dhanoa.

Dhanoa took over as the Chief of the Air Staff

on January 1, 2017, as the 25th Chief of the

Air Staff of the Indian Air Force.

Bhadauria has been awarded the Param

Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM), Ati Vishisht

Seva Medal (AVSM), Vayu Sena Medal

(VM), and has also been the Air Defense

Commander (ADC).

Days before his retirement from the Indian

Air Force, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on

September 2 undertook his last combat sortie

on a MiG-21 aircraft with Wing Commander

Abhinandan Varthaman at the Pathankot

airbase in Punjab.

PM Modi, Mongolian President unveil Lord

Buddha statue in Mongolia

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mongolian

President Khaltmaagiin Battulga jointly unveiled

Lord Buddha statue.

They unveiled the statue via video-

conferencing in Delhi.

The statue is built at Gandan Monastery in

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Battulga will also participate in an India-

Mongolia Business Forum in New Delhi.

Modi to embark on a seven-day visit to the US

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a

seven-day visit to the United States.

During his visit, Mr Modi will be in Houston

and New York and address the United

Nations General Assembly on 27th of this

month.

Prime Minister will address the Indian

community on 22nd of this month and

President Donald Trump will also be there.

On 24th September, India will organize an

event to commemorate the 150th Birth

Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in the UN.

During the visit, Mr Modi will also be

honoured with Bill and Melinda Gates

Foundation's Global Goalkeeper's Award for

his leadership in the field of sanitation

through Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

Ooty to host 2nd flower festival during North-

East Monsoon

Udhagamandalam-Ooty- in Tamilnadu will be

hosting the second flower festival of the year during

the North-East Monsoon in October and November.

Preparatory works for the elaborate

exhibition of colourful and fragrant flowers

have started in the famous Botanical Gardens

in Udhagamandalam.

More than eighty-five exotic varieties,

including predominantly English flowers like

Dahlia, Merigold, Calendula and Daisy will

be exhibited during the festival.

Flower plants are being replanted in two and

a half lakh small pots, which will be kept in

environmentally ideal conditions to ensure

that the maximum number of flowers are

ready by the time of the month-long festival.

Meeting of Northern Zonal Council chaired by

Home Minister Amit Shah begins

The meeting of the Northern Zonal Council under the

chairmanship of Union Home Minister Amit Shah

began.

The Northern Zonal Council comprises

Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab,

Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and

National Capital Territory of Delhi.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar

is the vice-chairman and host of the meeting.

The council will discuss the issues pertaining

to boundary disputes, security, infrastructure,

transport, industries, water, power, housing,

education, food security, tourism and forests

and environment.

Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana crosses

one crore beneficiaries

Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)

has achieved a significant milestone by crossing one

crore beneficiaries.

The PMMVY is a direct benefit transfer

scheme under which cash benefits are

provided to pregnant women in their bank

account directly to meet enhanced nutritional

needs and partially compensate for wage loss.

The scheme, under which the beneficiaries

receive a cash benefit of five thousand rupees

in three instalments, was launched on 1st of

January in 2017.

The eligible beneficiaries also receive cash

incentive under Janani Suraksha Yojana.

Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana

on 21st October

Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana will

be held on October 21 and the counting of votes will

take place on October 24.

Maharashtra has 288 seats and Haryana has

90 seats.

The five-year term of the legislative

assemblies of Haryana will expire on 2nd

November. The term of Maharashtra

assembly will be over on 9th November.

The Election Commission has also

announced by-polls to 64 assembly seats

across 18 States and Samastipur Lok Sabha

constituency in Bihar.

Delhi CM launched “Champions Campaign”

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched

"champions campaign" in the fight against dengue

and urged people to encourage their friends to inspect

their homes on Sunday to clean stagnant water.

Three weeks ago, Kejriwal had launched a

mega drive against dengue.

Lakhs of Delhiites are joining the

#10Hafte10Baje10Minute campaign against

Dengue.

According to an official statement, the

campaign envisages that citizens should

promptly reach out to 10 of their friends or

peers and ask them to check their premises

for signs of dengue.

NTPC to build 5GW solar park in Gujarat

NTPC Ltd. plans to set up a 5-gigawatt solar park in

Gujarat, which would be the biggest in the country.

A site has been identified for the project,

which is expected to cost as much as ₹25,000

crores ($3.5 billion) and begin operations by

2024.

The company may also invite bids from

developers to set up projects in the park.

The plan is part of the NTPC’s aim to build

32 gigawatts of renewable capacity by 2032

and reduce the share of fossil fuels in its

energy mix to 70 per cent from about 96 per

cent now.

'Howdy Modi': PM speaks of India's data and

diversity

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President

Donald Trump met at an Indian-American rally in

Houston, Texas, as their nations negotiate for easing

trade.

The Indian-American rally dubbed “Howdy

Modi!” was held in a 50,000-seat stadium.

PM Modi hit out at Pakistan for its support to

terrorism and said India's decision to nullify

Article 370 has caused trouble to those who

cannot handle their country.

It was the largest gathering ever for an elected

foreign leader visiting the US.

CBDT sets up National e-Assessment Centre for

faceless scrutiny of IT returns

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has set

up a National e-Assessment Centre (NeAC) for

assessing tax returns electronically without any

personal contact between officials and taxpayers.

The initiative is a part of government efforts

to reduce human discretion in assessments

and scrutiny, which in turn will eliminate

possibilities of corruption, by leveraging new

technologies like artificial intelligence,

machine learning, video conferencing,

telecommunication application software and

mobile applications.

The CBDT has appointed Krishna Mohan

Prasad, a 1984 batch Indian Revenue Service

(IRS) officer, as the first Principal Chief

Commissioner of Income Tax (PrCCIT) of

NeAC.

Ladakhi Shondol dance makes it to Guinness

book of records

Shondol dance, which is known as the royal dance of

Ladakh, has created history by entering into the

Guinness Book of World Records as the largest

Ladakhi dance.

Shondol is a famous dance, which artistes

used to perform for the king of Ladakh.

As many as 408 women attired in traditional

dresses and beautiful headgears performed

the dance.

It was held on the concluding day of the

ongoing Buddhist carnival Naropa festival

near the Hemis Monastery.

Max Bupa and Indian Bank ink bancassurance

tie-up to offer health insurance solutions

Max Bupa, a standalone health insurance player, has

announced a bancassurance corporate agency

agreement with Indian Bank, a state-owned bank.

Under the agreement, Max Bupa will provide

comprehensive health insurance solutions

and services to over 40 million customers of

Indian Bank spread across 2800 branch

network, through a slew of digital

touchpoints.

As part of the tie-up, Max Bupa’s offerings

will include both retail and group health

insurance products besides Indemnity and

Fixed Benefit products.

PM Modi addresses the UNSG Climate Action

Summit

PM Modi addressed the UN Secretary-General's

Climate Action Summit in New York.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for

a comprehensive approach which includes

education to reduce carbon footprint.

Prime Minister said that People’s movement

is the need of the hour to tackle the climate

issues.

India has started Jal Jeevan Mission and India

is going to spend 15 billion dollars in the next

few years.

He informed the world leaders that on its

independence day this August 15th, India has

called for to ban single-use plastic.

Amit Shah proposed next Census 2021 ‘digital

census’

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has announced that

in the upcoming Census in 2021, a mobile app will

be used for data collection.

Shah also said the Centre was likely set to

spend Rs 12,000 crore on the 2021 Census as

well as the preparation of the National

Population Register (NPR).

Shah even put forth an idea to have a

multipurpose ID card for every citizen which

includes the passport, Aadhaar and voter ID

card.

In March this year, the government

announced that the next census will be done

with 1 March 2021 as the reference date.

Ayushman Bharat scheme completes one year of

its launch

Ayushman Bharat - the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya

Yojana has completed one year of its launch on 23

September.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that

Ayushman Bharat is more than just a health

care scheme as it is a beacon of hope to more

than 50 crores of India's most vulnerable

people.

The main aim of the scheme is to provide

universal health care to the poor, needy and

vulnerable sections of the country.

The scheme, which is the world's largest

health care programme, provides a health

cover of five lakh rupees annually to

vulnerable families and aims at benefiting

more than ten crore poor families all over the

country.

In the last one year, more than 46 lakh

beneficiaries have availed cashless treatment

under the scheme.

Govt launches ‘UMMID’ initiative to tackle

inherited genetic diseases of newborn babies

Science and Technology and Health Minister Dr

Harsh Vardhan launched ‘UMMID’ initiative to

tackle inherited genetic diseases of newborn babies.

UMMID stands for ‘Unique Methods of

Management and treatment of Inherited

Disorders’.

The Minister also inaugurated NIDAN

(National Inherited Diseases Administration)

Kendras.

The new initiative aims at creating awareness

about genetic disorders amongst clinicians

and establish molecular diagnostics in

hospitals so that the benefits of developments

in medical genetics could reach patients.

National workshop on Post Disaster Needs

Assessment organized in New Delhi

National Institute of Disaster Management is

organizing a day-long National Workshop on Post

Disaster Needs Assessment in New Delhi.

Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand

Rai is the Chief Guest on this occasion.

The focus of this workshop is to disseminate

the outcome documents of the study to all the

relevant stakeholders so that these may be

utilized as a reference document while

preparing the memorandum for submission to

the Home Ministry in post-disaster phase.

President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurates India

Water Week, 2019 in New Delhi

President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the India

Water week 2019 in New Delhi.

The theme of the event is ‘Water Cooperation

- Coping with 21st Century Challenges’.

Speaking on the occasion, the President said

that over 40 per cent area of the world is

facing an acute water shortage.

It has become a challenge for governments to

provide safe drinking water to people.

The President lauded the Modi government

for setting the target of providing drinking

water to all villages across the country by the

year 2024.

Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurates 16th Global SME

Business Summit

Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium

Enterprises and Road Transport & Highways Shri

Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated the 16th Global SME

Business Summit 2019 in New Delhi.

The Summit is organized every year by the

Ministry of MSME and Confederation of

Indian Industries (CII).

The theme this year is ‘Making Indian

MSMEs Globally Competitive’.

India Tourism Mart exhibition inaugurated in

New Delhi

Culture and Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel

inaugurated the exhibition of India Tourism Mart

(ITM), 2019 in New Delhi.

Over 240 international delegates from 51

countries and 160 exhibitors from across the

country are taking part in the second edition

of ITM.

It will provide a platform at the national level

for trade and hospitality service providers in

the country to interact and conduct business

with their counterparts from overseas.

J&K becomes the first state to issue the highest

number of golden cards under Ayushman Bharat

scheme

Jammu and Kashmir have become the first state in

the country to issue the highest number of golden

cards under Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan

Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).

Over 11 lakh golden cards have been

generated within the first 90 days of the

launch of the scheme with 60% of families

having at least one golden card which is

highest in the country.

The CEO informed that claims amounting to

around 14 crore rupees have been settled till

date and state is registering phenomenal

progress under the scheme.

First corporate-run train from Lucknow to Delhi

‘Tejas Express’ all ready to hit tracks on Oct 4

In Uttar Pradesh, the most awaited country's first

corporate-run train from Lucknow to Delhi, Tejas

Express is all ready to hit the tracks on 4th of

October.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will flag off

the train from Lucknow which will be run by

IRCTC.

Railways have formally made the

announcement regarding the running of the

train who's advance bookings have already

started.

The trial run of the country's first corporate-

run train was conducted a few days back and

passengers have started booking tickets in the

first IRCTC-run train which will work on

Flexi-fare system.

Narendra Singh Tomar launches two agriculture-

related Mobile Apps

Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Minister Narendra

Singh Tomar launched two agriculture-related

Mobile Applications - CHC Farm Machinery and

Krishi Kisan in New Delhi.

The Custom Hiring Service Centers or CHC

App will allow farmers to avail the custom

hiring services of CHCs located in the radius

of 50 Kilometers.

The App connects the farmers with Custom

Hiring Service Centers in their area.

Krishi Kisan App will provide farmers with

information about the best demonstration of

high-yielding crops and seeds at nearby area.

The App will also help in geo-tagging and

geo-fencing of crop and give weather forecast

message to farmers.

Exercise MALABAR 2019

The 23rd edition of the Trilateral Maritime Exercise

MALABAR is scheduled between the navies of

India, Japan and the USA from 26 Sep to 04 Oct 19

off the coast of Japan.

MALABAR 2019 would endeavour to

further strengthen India - Japan - US Naval

cooperation and enhance interoperability,

based on shared values and principles.

Two frontline indigenously designed and

built Indian Naval Ships, the Multipurpose

Guided Missile Frigate Sahyadri and ASW

Corvette Kiltan, will participate in the

Exercise.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh commissioned

Indian Coast Guard Ship ICGS Varaha

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh commissioned the

Indian Coast Guard Ship ICGS Varaha at a special

function held at Chennai Port.

The ship is the fourth in the series of seven

offshore patrol vessels of the Coast Guard.

It will be based at New Mangalore in

Karnataka under the Western Command.

The 98-metre offshore patrol vessel ICGS

Varaha has been designed and constructed

indigenously.

It is capable of carrying a twin-engine

helicopter and four high-speed boats for swift

boarding, search and rescue, law enforcement

and maritime patrolling operations.

112 single emergency helpline number launched

in Delhi

A single emergency number -112- was launched for

police, fire and ambulance emergency services.

Now, the citizens of Delhi can avail the

facility of all these three emergency services

by dialling the number - 112.

This call immediately passes to the Control

Room for providing immediate assistance to

the distress caller.

Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan

Reddy inaugurated the Emergency Response

Support System.

The Minister also launched ‘PRAKHAR’

which is street crime patrol van, for patrolling

at crime hot spot locations.

Prakhar vans are different from PCRs as

these vans carry more firepower and are

equipped with modern technology.

2nd Singapore - India Hackathon to be organised

at IIT Madras

2nd edition of Singapore - India Hackathon will be

organised at IIT Madras, Chennai from Sep 28 to 29

this year.

India-Singapore Hackathon is the first of its

kind joint International hackathon between

India and Singapore during which the

selected bright students from India and

Singapore will work in collaboration to

develop innovative and out-of-the- box

solution for some of the daunting problems

faced by our societies.

This year the hackathon is focused on quality

education, Good Health and clean energy.

20 teams with 6 team members each will

participate in the hackathon and top teams

will win prizes from the Prime Minister

Narendra Modi.

PM Modi will formally declare India as ODF on

2nd October

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will formally declare

India as Open Defecation Free -ODF on 2nd October

during a function to be held in Ahmedabad.

Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to address

a mega convention of more than 20000

Sarpanchs from across the country which will

be held at the Sabarmati Riverfront in

Ahmedabad on the occasion of the 150th

birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

Out of 20000 sarpanchs, 10,000 Sarpanchs

will be from Gujarat.

Sarpanchs from Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra,

Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,

Punjab, Haryana, Bihar and other states and

Union Territories will also participate in the

event.

Dr Harsh Vardhan launches ‘TB Harega Desh

Jeetega’ Campaign

Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and

Family Welfare launched the new TB Harega Desh

Jeetega Campaign, along with the National TB

Prevalence Survey.

The Union Health Minister also flagged off a

van for the National TB Prevalence Survey.

In all, 25 such vans will be part of the

prevalence survey, which shall take 6 months

and be carried out across the country.

In April 2018, the government launched the

‘Nikshay Poshan Yojana’, a direct benefit

transfer (DBT) scheme to provide nutritional

support to TB patients.

Under the scheme, TB patients have been

receiving Rs 500 per month for the entire

duration of treatment.

Mukesh Ambani takes top richest spot for 8th

consecutive year

With Rs 3.8 lakh crore net worth, Mukesh Ambani is

India's richest man for the eighth consecutive year,

as mentioned in the IIFL Wealth-Hurun India Rich

List 2019.

The Reliance Industries chief is also the 8th

richest man in the world.

Following Ambani is London-based SP

Hinduja and family with Rs 1.5 lakh crore.

On the third spot is Wipro founder Azim

Premji with Rs 1.2 lakh crore, while Cyrus

Poonawalla bagged the fourth spot with Rs

89,800 crore.

Out of the Indian cities, Mumbai topped the

list with 42 billionaires, while Delhi followed

on the second spot with 25 billionaires.

No women made it to the top ten richest

Indians list.

Airtel Payments Bank partners with to launch

Mosquito Disease Protection Policy with HDFC

ERGO

Airtel Payments Bank and HDFC ERGO General

Insurance Company under the corporate agency tie-

up launched an innovative Mosquito Diseases

Protection Policy (MDPP).

The partnership aims to bring together the

deep distribution network of Airtel Payments

Bank and the strong innovation pipeline of

HDFC ERGO to contribute to financial

inclusion in the country.

Mosquito Disease Protection Policy offers

cover against seven common mosquito-borne

diseases - Dengue, Malaria, Chikungunya,

Japanese Encephalitis, Kala-azar, Lymphatic

Filariasis (Elephantiasis) and Zika virus.

The product, which is a part of the 'Wallet

Insurance Portfolio' of HDFC ERGO, will be

offered to the remittance customers of Airtel

Payments Bank at a nominal cost of Rs 99 per

annum.

INDO-KAZAKHSTAN Joint Military Exercise

KAZIND – 2019

Joint Military Exercise KAZIND-2019 between

India and Kazakhstan will be conducted at

Pithoragarh from 02 to 15 October 2019.

The exercise will comprise of nearly 100

soldiers from both Indian and Kazakhstan

Army who would be sharing their experience

gained during conduct of various counter

insurgency and counter terrorism operations

in the past.

Exercise KAZIND-2019 is the fourth edition

of an annual event which is conducted

alternatively in Kazakhstan and India.

The aim of this exercise is to conduct

company level joint training with emphasis

on counter terrorism operations in

mountainous terrain.

India rises 4 places to 44th rank in world digital

competitiveness rankings

India has advanced four places to 44th position in

terms of digital competitiveness in the world.

The country has made improvements in terms

of knowledge and future readiness to adopt

and explore digital technologies.

The US was ranked as the world's most

digitally competitive economy, followed by

Singapore in second place.

IATA launches gender diversity campaign for

balanced workforce

The International Air Transport Association (IATA)

has launched the 25by2025 Campaign - an airline

industry initiative to advance gender diversity in the

airline industry by 2025.

It is a voluntary commitment by participating

IATA member airlines aimed at increasing

the number of women in senior positions by

either 25 per cent against currently reported

metrics or to a minimum representation of 25

per cent by 2025.

IATA member airlines who have already

signed up to the 25by2025 Campaign include

China Eastern, Lufthansa Group and Qatar

Airways.

Points to remember

IATA Headquarters: Montreal, Canada

JNU and IIT Delhi sign MoU to promote

research, technology development

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) signed a

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian

Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

The MoU will benefit teaching, research and

technology development in various

disciplines.

The main objectives of signing this MoU

between the two institutions is to recognise

each other's strengths and cooperate in

research, education and technology

developments in the disciplines of science,

engineering, management and social

sciences.

The collaboration will provide the two

institutions access to each other's libraries

and central research facilities to intensify

joint research projects and other related

academic activities.

Yogi government announces Rs 6,000 annual aid

for triple talaq victims

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on

announced an annual assistance of Rs 6,000 to the

victims of triple talaq till their rehabilitation.

They will also get free legal aid from the state

government.

The chief minister interacted with the victims

of triple talaq under the Pradhan Mantri Jan

Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK).

11-day ‘Aadi Mahotsav’ starts at Expo Centre

Noida

Aadi Mahotsav (Tribal Festival) organized by Tribal

Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of

India (TRIFED), Ministry of Tribal Affairs went off

to a colourful started at Expo Centre, Noida (UP).

Smt. Renuka Singh, Minister of State for

Tribal Affairs inaugurated the festival.

Artists and artisans, drawn from as many as

20 states of the country are a part of this mega

cultural razzmatazz and showcase their

traditional art, craft and culture.

The traditional tribal jewellery, rare of the

rarest craft items and artefacts will be a huge

attraction for the inquisitive buyers.

Rajnath Singh commissions INS Khanderi into

Indian Navy

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh commissioned INS

Khanderi, the second of Kalvari Class diesel-electric

attack submarines of the Indian Navy in Mumbai.

The name Khanderi is inspired by the

dreaded ‘Sword Tooth Fish’ a deadly fish

known to hunt whilst swimming close to the

bottom of the ocean.

INS Khanderi is the second of Kalvari Class

diesel electric attack submarines of the Indian

Navy.

Built indigenously by Mazagon Dock

Shipbuilders Limited, INS Khanderi is a

lethal addition to Navy’s conventional

submarine arsenal and is designed for silent

and stealthy sub-surface operations.

INS Khanderi is the follow-on to INS

Kalvari, which was the first of the French

origin Scorpene class submarines being

indigenously constructed in India and

commissioned by the Prime Minister in 2017.

Rajnath Singh launches Navy's first new stealth

frigate, INS ‘Nilgiri’

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh launched INS

‘Nilgiri’, the first of the Navy's seven new stealth

frigates, at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited in

Mumbai.

INS Nilgiri is the first ship of Project 17A.

Project 17A frigates is a design derivative of

the Shivalik class stealth frigates with much

more advanced stealth features and

indigenous weapons and sensors.

The P17A frigates incorporate new design

concepts for improved survivability, sea

keeping, stealth and ship manoeuvrability.

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh also

commissioned the largest dry dock of Indian

Navy - The Aircraft Carrier Dock at the

Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.

Thailand, India sign trade agreements for Rs

2,400 crore

Thailand and India have signed agreements for Rs

2,400 crore to boost trade ties between the two

countries.

The pacts were across segments including

rubber, construction material, food and

beverages, logistics.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce

Minister of Thailand Mr Jurin Laksanawisit

were on a first trade visit to Mumbai and

Chennai, India to promote Thai products.

Telangana begins to celebrate the floral festival,

Bathukamma for the year 2019

Marking the beginning of Sharath Ruthu, the nine-

day floral festival of Telangana, Bathukamma has

begun.

This year the festival is being celebrated from

September 28 to October 6.

Bathukamma is a festival celebrated by the

women on a grand scale.

In this festival, several seasonal flowers

having medicinal values are used to make the

idols.

IDBI Bank launches repo-linked home, auto loans

LIC owned IDBI Bank has launched a home and auto

loan product linked to the repo rate.

It has also introduced bulk deposits linked to

the repo rate in select buckets.

The lender is offering home loan for up to Rs

75 lakh with a tenor of up to 35 years.

The interest rate on home loan will be from

8.30 per cent per annum onwards.

The bank's customers will have the twin

option of selecting either the MCLR linked

product or the newly launched repo rate

linked product.

Google signs a pact with IT ministry for 'Build for

Digital India'

Tech giant Google has signed a statement of intent

with the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) for

rolling out 'Build for Digital India' programme.

The programme will offer a platform for

engineering students to develop market-

ready, technology-based solutions that

address key social problems.

As part of the program, engineering students

across the country will be invited to present

their ideas and solutions in areas like

healthcare, agriculture, education, smart

cities and infrastructure, women safety, smart

mobility and transportation, environment,

accessibility and disability and digital

literacy.

Google will also offer mentorship sessions in

product design, strategy and technology to

the most promising products and prototypes.

Government announces mega-merger of public

sector banks

The government has announced the merger of ten

public sector banks into four banks.

United Bank of India and Oriental Bank of

Commerce will be merged with Punjab

National Bank, making the proposed entity

the second largest public sector bank (PSB).

Syndicate Bank will be merged with Canara

Bank, while Allahabad Bank will be

amalgamated with Indian Bank.

Similarly, Andhra Bank and Corporation

Bank will be consolidated with Union Bank

of India.

The Finance Minister said, after the merger

of banks, the country will now have 12 public

sector banks instead of 27.

Growth of eight core sectors slows to 2.1% in July

Growth of eight core industries dropped to 2.1 per

cent in July mainly due to a contraction in coal, crude

oil, natural gas and refinery products.

The eight-core sector industries, coal, crude

oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertiliser,

steel, cement and electricity, had expanded

by 7.3 per cent in July last year.

The output of coal, crude oil, natural gas and

refinery products recorded negative growth

in July.

During April-July, the eight sectors grew by

3 per cent compared to 5.9 per cent in the

same period the previous year.

Cabinet approves recapitalisation of IDBI

The Central government approved Rs 9,300 crore

capital infusion into IDBI Bank to increase the

lender's capital base.

The Union Cabinet cleared the

recapitalisation plan with a one-time infusion

of funds by both the government and the LIC.

LIC, which has a controlling stake in IDBI,

will infuse Rs 4,743 crore.

The government will provide Rs 4,557 crore

as a one-time re-capitalisation.

RBI makes repo-linked interest rates mandatory

The Reserve Bank of India has made it mandatory for

banks to link all of their new loan products, be it

personal, housing or auto to an external benchmark

like the policy repo rate.

RBI issued a circular saying that banks will

have to link their products to an external

benchmark with effect from 1st October

2019.

The circular informs that banks can also

choose any benchmark market interest rate

published by Financial Benchmarks India

Private Limited - FBIL or the government’s

3-month and 6-month Treasury bill yields

published by FBIL as their preferred external

benchmark.

Central Government to invest Rs 25,000 crore in

5 years to revamp fishery infrastructure

With the objective of achieving the real goals of the

ambitious Blue Revolution project, the Union

Government has lined up Rs 25,000 crore

investments in different sectors of fisheries in the

next three to five years.

As inland fisheries contribute only 50 per

cent of the total fish production, the

Government intends to outspread its potential

by covering reservoirs, wetlands, rivers and

streams in different parts of the country.

Considering the low contribution of inland

water fisheries, the Government looks to

increase its production to six million tonnes

from three million tonnes in the next three to

four years.

The announcement was made at ‘Aqua

Aquaria India 2019’ at Hyderabad.

Sitharaman led panel weighs ordinance to ban e-

cigarette sales

A panel of ministers led by finance minister Nirmala

Sitharaman will study a health ministry proposal to

ban the sale of electronic cigarettes through an

ordinance.

The panel includes ministers from commerce,

health, agriculture, chemicals and

petrochemicals, and food processing

departments.

In August 2018, the health ministry issued an

advisory restricting advertisement of

electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS),

popularly called e-cigarettes.

According to government data, more than

460 e-cigarette brands are available in India,

with various configurations of nicotine

delivery and in over 7,700 flavours.

UPI transactions top 900 million in August

Transactions made through Unified Payments

Interface (UPI) for the first time have crossed the 900

million mark in August.

It has crossed the mark due to an increase in

merchant adoption of the payment channel

and improved smartphone penetration in

certain states.

Newly released data from National Payments

Corporation of India (NPCI) show that in

August, a total of 918 million transactions

worth Rs 1.54 lakh crore were processed on

the interoperable digital payments channel.

ONGC to invest over Rs 13,000 crore in Assam to

drill over 220 wells

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

(ONGC) will invest over Rs 13,000 crore in Assam

over the next five years.

The oil and gas company has signed a

memorandum of understanding (MoU) with

the Assam government for boosting its

exploration and production activities in the

state.

The company will make the investment for

drilling more than 220 oil and gas wells

across the state.

IDBI to launch a co-branded credit card with LIC

IDBI Bank is planning to launch a co-branded credit

card, which will be marketed to customers, agents,

and employees of the corporation and its

subsidiaries.

The co-branded credit card will be launched

in association with LIC’s wholly-owned

subsidiary, LIC Credit Cards Services (LIC

CSL)

Currently, IDBI Bank offers five credit card

variants.

LIC CSL, which has a tie-up with Axis Bank

and Corporation Bank for issuance of credit

cards under co-branded/white label

agreements.

World Bank to provide Rs 3,000 crore aid for food

parks

Union Minister of State for Food Processing

Industries Rameswar Teli has said that the World

Bank will provide three thousand crore rupees

assistance to finance, mini and mega food parks

across the country.

He was addressing the 15th Indo-US

Economic Summit organized by the Indo-

American Chamber of Commerce-North

India Council (IACC-NIC) in New Delhi.

The government is trying its best to double

the income of farmers and is laying lot of

focus on mega and mini food parks.

GST Network decides to make Aadhaar

authentication mandatory for new dealers from

January 2020

The GST Network has decided to make Aadhaar

authentication or physical verification mandatory for

new dealers from January 2020 to check

malpractices in GST.

This was announced by Deputy Chief

Minister of Bihar Sushil Kumar Modi, who

heads the Group of Ministers of GST

Network.

Aadhaar authentication was earlier optional.

Corporate tax rates slashed to 22% for domestic

companies

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs

Nirmala Sitaraman announced that corporate tax

rates have been slashed to 22% for domestic

companies and 15% for new domestic manufacturing

companies.

This relief in tax has been done through an

ordinance to make certain amendments in the

Income-tax Act 1961 and the Finance (No. 2)

Act 2019.

The effective rate for domestic companies

shall be 25.17 per cent inclusive surcharge

and cess and for new companies (i.e

companies incorporated on or after 1st

October 2019 with a condition to commence

production on or before 31st March 2023) is

17.01 % inclusive of surcharge and cess.

The Minister also said that the Government

has also decided to expand the scope of

Corporate Social Responsibility two per cent

spending.

Government notifies 8.65% interest rate for

EPFO members

Government has approved 8.65 per cent interest rate

on deposits in Employees Provident Fund for 2018-

19.

Ministry of Labour and Employment has

notified 8.65 per cent rate of interest on EPF

deposits for its over six crore subscribers.

The EPFO has been settling EPF withdrawal

claims at 8.55 per cent interest rate, approved

for 2017-18.

Now, the EPFO will settle accounts on the

higher rate of 8.65 per cent for 2018-19.

RBI puts Mumbai-based PMC Bank under

directions

The Reserve Bank of India has placed the Punjab and

Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank Limited,

Mumbai under Directions.

According to the Directions, depositors will

be allowed to withdraw a sum not exceeding

1,000 rupees of the total balance in every

savings bank account or current account or

any other deposit account, subject to the

conditions stipulated in the RBI Directions.

The Directions shall remain in force for a

period of six months from the close of

business of the bank.

The Bank has however clarified that the issue

of the directions by the central bank should

not be construed as a cancellation of a

banking licence by the Reserve Bank.

ADB sharply cuts India's GDP growth forecast to

6.5% for FY20

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on sharply cut

India's growth forecast to 6.5 per cent for the current

fiscal, weighed down by the GDP growth rate

dipping to a six-year low in the first quarter.

In its supplement to the ADO in July, the

Manila-headquartered multi-lateral funding

agency cut the country's GDP growth

estimate to 7 per cent for 2019-20 on the back

of fiscal shortfall concerns.

Abrupt declines in manufacturing and

investment reflect uncertainty ahead of

general elections, subdued lending by banks

and other financial institutions, the stress in

the rural economy, and a weakening external

outlook.

5 States get new Governors

Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Bhagat Singh

Koshyari has been appointed as the new Governor of

Maharashtra while former Union Minister Arif

Mohammed Khan will take the responsibility of

Kerala governor.

Former Union Minister and BJP leader

Bandaru Dattatraya will be the new Governor

of Himachal Pradesh in place of Kalraj

Mishra who has been given the charge of

Governor of Rajasthan.

Former Tamil Nadu BJP chief, Dr Tamilisai

Soundararajan is the new Governor of

Telangana.

President Ram Nath Kovind approved these

appointments.

Lt Gen Anil Chauhan takes charge as Eastern

Army Commander

Lt Gen Anil Chauhan assumed charge as Eastern

Army Commander.

He succeeds Lt Gen MM Naravane who took

over as Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS).

The General Officer was given a traditional

Guard of Honour at Fort William, Kolkata on

his assumption as Army Commander, Eastern

Command.

Prior to assuming charge as Eastern Army

Commander, he was Director-General of

Military Operations (DGMO).

He is an alumnus of National Defence

Academy, Khadakwasla, and Indian Military

Academy, Dehradun.

Trump nominates Indian-American Shireen

Mathews as District Court judge

President Donald Trump has nominated Indian-

American Shireen Mathews as a judge of the US

District Court for the Southern District of California.

Currently, Matthews is a partner at Jones

Day, the fifth-largest law firm in the country,

in San Diego.

Article III judges "hold their office during

good behaviour", which means they have a

lifetime appointment, except under very

limited circumstances.

CEC Sunil Arora assumes charge as AWEB

Chairman

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora assumed

Chairmanship of Association of World Election

Bodies, AWEB for the term 2019-21 as India takes

over the Chair from Romania.

India was unanimously nominated to be the

Vice-Chair of AWEB at the last General

Assembly held at Bucharest in 2017.

The AWEB Flag was handed over to the new

Chairman, Sunil Arora and it will remain

with Election Commission of India for the

two-year term till 2021.

Dr B. Bala Bhaskar appointed as the next

Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Norway

Senior diplomat B Bala Bhaskar was appointed as the

next Indian Ambassador to Norway.

Bhaskar will replace Krishan Kumar, who

has been heading the Indian mission in

Norway since July 2018.

Prior to this, the diplomat served as a Joint

Secretary of the WANA division of the MEA

that deals with all the matters relating to

India's trade with WANA region comprising

19 countries.

CoA of BCCI appoints a committee to run BCA

The Committee of Administrators (CoA) of BCCI

has appointed a three-member Independent

Supervisory Committee to run the cricketing affairs

of Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) and also conduct

fresh elections.

The CoA, chaired by Vinod Rai, took the

decision after deliberating on the issue during

a meeting in Mumbai.

The Committee will have the power to

supervise, regulate and suspend the powers,

duties and functioning of all post holders in

the BCA, appoint or replace electoral officer,

ombudsman and ethics officer.

It will also have the power to appoint

selectors, team officials and match officials

and also assign auditors to investigate

utilization of funds granted by the BCCI.

Points to remember

BCCI President: C.K. Khanna

Headquarters: Mumbai

CEO: Rahul Johri

US President Donald Trump fires National

Security Adviser John Bolton

President Donald Trump forced out his hawkish

national security adviser, John Bolton.

Trump had significant disagreements on Iran,

Afghanistan and a cascade of other global

challenges with him.

The exit comes amid reports that there is

disagreement within the Administration over

Trump's decision to host a now-cancelled

meeting with Taliban leaders at Camp David.

US Prez Trump nominates Indian American as

federal judge in Florida

US President Donald Trump has nominated an

Indian American as a federal judge in Florida.

Anuraag Singhal is among the 17 judiciary

nomination sent by the White House to the

Senate.

If confirmed by the Senate, the Indian-

American would replace James Cohn as the

United States district judge for the southern

district of Florida.

Singhal is the first Indian-American to be

nominated to this position in Florida.

PK Mishra appointed as Principal Secretary to

PM Modi

The government has appointed PK Mishra as the

Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra

Modi.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet

(ACC) approved the appointment of Dr PK

Mishra, who was currently serving as the

Additional Principal Secretary to the Prime

Minister.

He replaces Nripendra Misra, who stepped

down last month as the Principal Secretary to

the Prime Minister.

Karnataka Bank MD inducted in IBA managing

committee

Karnataka Bank managing director and chief

executive officer M S Mahabaleshwara have been

inducted to the Managing Committee of Indian

Banks Association (IBA).

He has been elected unopposed from the

private sector member banks.

Indian Banks Association (IBA) is a parent

association of the bankers wherein public

sector, private sector, foreign banks operating

in India are the members.

The membership of the association stood at

253 comprising 144 ordinary members and

109 associate members last month.

UN appoints veteran Indian Officer, Abhijit

Guha to lead its mission in Yemen

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed a

veteran Indian Army official as the head of the world

body's observer mission in Yemen's port city of

Hodeidah.

Lieutenant General (retired) Abhijit Guha has

been appointed as the Chair of the

Redeployment Coordination Committee

(RCC) and head of the UNMHA.

He will succeed Lieutenant General Michael

Lollesgaard, who served as RCC Chair and

head of UNMHA from January 31 to July 31.

Justice P Lakshman Reddy sworn in as first

Lokayukta of Andhra Pradesh

Justice P Lakshman Reddy was sworn in as the first

Lokayukta of Andhra Pradesh.

The oath was administered by Governor

Biswabhushan Harichandan.

Justice Reddy will be holding the position for

the next five years.

He is the first Lokayukta to be assuming

charge since the state bifurcated in 2014.

Justice Reddy had begun his career as an

advocate in the district court and later

elevated to the status of the judge in the High

Court.

R Ramamoorthy appointed the chairman and

managing director of Cognizant India

Cognizant has appointed Ramkumar Ramamoorthy

as the chairman and managing director of Cognizant

India

Ramamoorthy, who has been with the

company for more than 21 years, played a

leading role in developing many of the

company's India-based portfolios.

He also spearheaded the company's CSR

initiatives through his work at the Cognizant

Foundation and Cognizant Outreach.

Supreme Court gets four new judges

Justices Krishna Murari, SR Bhat, V

Ramasubramanian and Hrishikesh Roy were

appointed as judges of the Supreme Court of India.

The Supreme Court Collegium had

recommended their names to the government

last month.

With a huge backlog of cases in the top court,

the government had recently increased the

strength of its judges from 31 to 34, including

the Chief Justice of India.

Govinda will be MP brand ambassador

Actor Govinda will be the brand ambassador of

Madhya Pradesh and will help promote the state's

traditions and tourist places.

Govinda (55), one of the most successful

Bollywood stars in the 1990s, had a five-year

stint as Congress Lok Sabha MP from

Mumbai North constituency, having defeated

BJP heavyweight Ram Naik in 2004.

The state government was planning to set up

a film city as several productions units are

visiting places like Maheshwar, Mandu and

Bhopal to shoot movies.

Madhukar Kamath elected chairman of the Audit

Bureau of Circulations

Madhukar Kamath, chairman emeritus of DDB

Mudra group and mentor of Interbrand India, has

been elected chairman of the Audit Bureau of

Circulations (ABC) for 2019-20.

Kamath has also been the president of

Advertising Agencies Association of India.

The Audit Bureau of Circulations of India is

a non-profit circulation-auditing

organisation.

It certifies and audits the circulations of

major publications, including newspapers

and magazines in India.

Godavarthi Venkata Srinivas named India's next

envoy to Guinea Bissau

Godavarthi Venkata Srinivas was appointed as the

next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Guinea

Bissau, with residence in Dakar.

A 1993 batch-IFS officer, Srinivas is

presently the country's Ambassador to the

Republic of Senegal.

For decades, India and Guinea Bissau have

maintained warm and friendly relations.

Guinea-Bissau is a tropical country on West

Africa’s Atlantic coast.

Points to remember

Capital: Bissau

Currency: West African CFA franc

Adille Sumariwalla re-elected as IAAF Council

member

The President of Athletics Federation of India, Adille

Sumariwalla was re-elected as member of the

Council of the International Association of Athletics

Federations (IAAF) for a second four-year term.

The election took place during the 52nd

Congress of the sport's world governing body

at Doha.

The former Olympian Sumariwalla received

121 votes to get elected as one of the 13

individual members of the IAAF Council.

Britain's Sebastian Coe was re-elected

unopposed as President of the IAAF for a

second term.

Kristalina Georgieva appointed new IMF chief

Bulgaria's Kristalina Georgieva has been selected as

the new head of the International Monetary Fund

(IMF).

She is the first person from an emerging

market economy to lead the IMF.

The economist succeeds Christine Lagarde

for a five-year term from October.

Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat to take over as

chairman of CCS

Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat will take

over as the chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee

(CCS).

This is the last time that this handover

ceremony is taking place as the Narendra

Modi government recently established the

post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS).

The process to identify India's first CDS has

started.

General Bipin Rawat will be taking over the

charge of chairman, CCS from Air Chief

Marshal BS Dhanoa who will be retiring by

the end of this month.

The senior-most among the three services

chiefs is appointed as the chairman of the

Chiefs of Staff Committee.

Air Marshal HS Arora appointed IAF Vice Chief

Air Marshal HS Arora has been appointed the Vice

Chief of Indian Air Force.

He will succeed Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria

who will take over as the Chief of Air Staff

on September 30.

The Center on September 19 appointed Air

Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria the

next chief of the India Air Force (IAF).

Bhadauria, who is currently Vice Chief of Air

Staff, will take over the charge as the Chief

of Air Staff after his predecessor and the

incumbent IAF Chief BS Dhanoa retires on

September 30.

Meanwhile, Air Marshal B Suresh has been

appointed as Western Air Commander of the

Air Force.

Suresh Chitturi appointed International Egg

Commission chief

Suresh Chitturi, Vice Chairman and Managing

Director of India's leading poultry firm Srinivasa

Farms, has been appointed as chairman of the

International Egg Commission (IEC) for the next two

years.

The appointment was made at the IEC Global

Leadership Conference in Copenhagen in

Denmark.

Suresh Chitturi will be the first chair from

Asia in the history of the institution, as he

assumes the role as the Chairman of IEC.

DAY-NULM conferred the prestigious SKOCH

Governance Gold Award

Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban

Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), a flagship

mission under the Ministry of Housing and Urban

Affairs has been conferred the prestigious SKOCH

Governance Gold Award.

The award was given for its Portal for

Affordable Credit and Interest Subvention

Access (PAiSA).

Launched in November 2018, PAiSA is a

centralized IT platform which simplifies and

streamlines the release of interest subvention

under the Mission.

It offers end to end online solution for

processing, payment, monitoring and

tracking of interest subvention claims from

banks on a monthly basis.

The portal has been designed and developed

through the Allahabad Bank.

PM Modi to be honoured by Bill &

Melinda Gates Foundation for Swachch

Bharat Abhiyan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be

honoured with the prestigious 'Global

Goalkeeper Award' by the Bill and Melinda

Gates Foundation for his leadership and

commitment to the Swachch Bharat

Abhiyaan.

Modi will be honoured for his

leadership of the Swachch Bharat

Mission, which he had launched on

October 2, 2014.

The ambitious mission aims at

accelerating the efforts to achieve

universal sanitation coverage in the

country by this year as a tribute to

Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth

anniversary.

The annual awards, in five categories,

are presented to leaders and

individuals for their efforts in

achieving the Sustainable

Development Goals (SDGs).

President Kovind confers National Awards to

teachers

On the occasion of Teachers' Day, President Ram

Nath Kovind conferred National Awards to teachers

for the year 2018 at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

On the 61st year of the National Teachers'

Award, the President felicitated around 46

teachers from across the country.

The awards are given to honour those

teachers who have not only contributed to

improving the quality of education but also

enriched the lives of their students.

The prestigious award carries a silver medal

and cash reward of Rs 50,000.

Prof Muhammad Yunus conferred 'Lamp of

Peace of Saint Francis ' award by Vatican

Nobel Laureate from Bangladesh Professor

Muhammad Yunus was conferred the 'Lamp of

Peace of Saint Francis ' award by the Vatican.

He was awarded for his contribution towards

establishing peace and harmony.

The award is a recognition for distinguished

work by an individual for promoting peace

and dialogue among people.

The Lamp of Peace award was first given to

the Polish trade union leader Lech Walesa

in 1981.

Dalai Lama, Mikhail Gorbachev and Angela

Merkel are a few other prominent persons

who received this award earlier.

President Ram Nath Kovind gives away Swachh

Bharat Mission Awards

President Ram Nath Kovind conferred awards for

outstanding contribution to the journey of Swachh

Bharat Mission during a function in New Delhi.

Vaishno Devi Shrine Board in Jammu and

Kashmir received the Best Swachh Iconic

Place award.

The Shrine was selected on the basis of the

overall improvement in sanitation.

Railways Ministry was given Swacha Award

in the category of Swachhta Action Plan.

States, districts honoured for improved sex ratio

under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign

States and districts were honoured today for

improved sex ratio and awareness generation under

the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign.

Haryana, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Rajasthan and

Uttar Pradesh received honours for

improving sex ratio at birth.

Nine districts were also awarded for better

sex ratio at birth.

During the event, 10 districts were also

awarded for good work in awareness

generation and outreach activities under Beti

Bachao Beti padhao campaign.

India has made a remarkable jump in the

national sex ratio of 13 points from 918 to

931 in the last 5 years.

The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign was

launched in 2015 and is, now, being

implemented in 640 districts.

Recipients of Visitor's Awards 2019 announced

Recipients of Visitor's Awards 2019 were announced

by the President's Secretariat.

The award will be conferred by President

Ram Nath Kovind at an event to be held at

Rashtrapati Bhavan.

This year Visitor's Awards will be presented

for Research in - Humanities, Arts and Social

Sciences; Physical Sciences; and Biological

Sciences - and for Technology Development.

This year Visitor's Award for research will be

presented to Professor Sibnath Deb,

Professor Sanjay Puri, Professor Asad Ullah

Khan, Dr Partima and Dr Shaon Ray

Chaudhuri.

The Visitor's Awards had been instituted in

2014 to promote healthy competition

amongst Central Universities and motivate

them to adopt best practices from around the

world in pursuit of excellence.

Shri Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman, Railway

Board awarded with Eminent Engineers Award

The Union Minister for Skill Development &

Entrepreneurship, Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey,

awarded Shri Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman,

Railway Board with Eminent Engineers Award.

The award was presented at the special event

to mark the 52nd Engineers’ Day organised

by the Institution of Engineers in New Delhi.

The award was for his outstanding

contributions in the field of engineering.

Bangladesh School project wins Aga Khan

Architecture Award

An innovative project for constructing a floating

school for children in Bangladesh has been awarded

the prestigious Aga Khan Architecture Award 2019.

The award was given away in Kajan, the

republic of Tatarstan for the Arcadia

Education Project in South Kanarchor of

Bangladesh.

The project involved the construction of a

school in an area which is underwater during

the monsoon months.

Five other projects from other countries were

also given the award.

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina receives Dr Kalam

Smriti International Excellence Award

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh

conferred the Dr Kalam Smriti International

Excellence Award 2019 in Dhaka.

The award has been instituted in the memory

of former President Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

The award citation lauded Prime Minister

Hasina for her vision of a peaceful and

prosperous South Asia, free of tension,

conflicts and terrorism.

It acknowledged her contribution to fostering

cooperation between India and Bangladesh.

The award is given every year to honour

statesmen or leaders who have shown

excellence in respective fields to achieve the

best for their countries.

Agnes Kharshiing Gets Hrant Dink Award in

Istanbul

Meghalaya’s Right to Information (RTI) activist

Agnes Kharshiing was awarded the 11th

International Hrant Dink Award at the Lutfi Kirdar

International Convention and Exhibition Centre, in

Istanbul.

Kharshiing, who was assaulted by a group of

40 people for complaining against illegal

mining and transport of coal in the East

Jaintia Hills district.

The Hrant Dink Award is an annual award

presented by the Hrant Dink Foundation on

the birth anniversary of Hrant Dink, a Turkish

journalist.

Neena Gupta wins two awards at Boston Film

Festival

Bollywood actor Neena Gupta registered a double

victory at Indian International Film Festival of

Boston.

The 'Badhaai Ho' actor won Best Actress

award while her film 'The Last Color'

emerged victorious in Best Feature Film

category.

The directorial debut of world-renowned chef

Vikas Khanna 'The Last Color' deals with

taboo surrounding widows in Vrindavan and

Varanasi in India.

The film's first look was unveiled at the

Cannes Film Festival and has since travelled

around the world to various film festivals

including New York Indian Film Festival

2019 and Indie Meme Film Festival among

others.

A documentary film based on the life of

Uttarakhand farmer nominated for Oscars

A documentary film based on life of a Uttarakhand

farmer has been nominated for Oscars.

The documentary film named Moti Bagh is

based on the life of Vidyadutt, a farmer living

in Pauri Garhwal region of the state.

The state Chief Minister Trivendra Singh

Rawat congratulated the director, Nirmal

Chander Dandriyal, and said it will inspire

youths to stay in their villages and work for

their communities.

Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar & National

Safety Awards 2017 presented

The Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar & National

Safety Awards for the Year 2017 were given away.

28 awards were given for Vishvakarma

Rashtriya Puruskar while 81 winners bagged

the National Safety Awards.

The Ministry of Labour and Employment has

been operating the "Vishwakarma Rashtriya

Puraskar (VRP)" (Previously known as

ShramVir National Awards) and "National

Safety Awards (NSA)" since 1965.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to honour PM

Modi

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will honour

Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Swachh Bharat

Mission, a sanitation initiative that improved access

to toilets.

PM Modi will receive its annual Goalkeepers

Global Goals Award for providing 500

million people in India safer sanitation.

The Swachh Bharat Mission was launched in

2014 and its components include the

construction of household toilets, community

and public toilets and solid waste

management.

According to the latest government data, the

rural sanitation coverage has reached 99.99

per cent till now from 39 per cent in 2014.

Over ten crore household toilets have been

built so far under Swatch Bharat Mission.

Raghu Rai was chosen as the first recipient of

newly instated international photography award

Renowned Indian photographer Raghu Rai has been

chosen as the first recipient of the inaugural edition

of the Acadmie des beaux-arts Photography Award -

William Klein.

Established this year, the award is in honour

of the celebrated American-born French

photographer and filmmaker William Klein,

best known for his unusual photography

techniques.

As a consecration award, the prize is intended

to reward a photographer for their entire

career and commitment to photography.

IIFA Awards 2019

The 20th Edition of NEXA International Indian Film

Academy Awards (IIFA Awards) for 2019 was held

at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium,

Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Complete list of winners of IIFA Awards 2019:

Best Actor (Male): Ranveer Singh for

Padmaavat

Best Actor (Female): Alia Bhatt for Raazi

Best Film: Raazi

Best Director: Sriram Raghavan for

Andhadhun

Best Story Award: AndhaDhun.

Best Supporting Actor (Female): Aditi Rao

Hydari for Padmaavat

Best Supporting Actor (Male): Vicky

Kaushal for Sanju

Best Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya for

Dhadak

Best Playback Singer (Male): Arijit Singh for

Ae Watan from Raazi

Best Debut Award (Female): Sara Ali Khan

for Kedarnath

Best Debut Award (Male): Ishaan Khatter for

Dhadak

20 Years Best Actor (Female): Deepika

Padukone

Best Playback Singer (Female): Harshdeep

Kaur and Vibha Saraf for Dilbaro from Raazi

Outstanding performance by a director in last

20 years: Rajkumar Hirani for Sanju

20 Years Best Actor (Male): Ranbir Kapoor.

Best Music: Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety

Best music in the last 20 years: Pritam

Best film of the past 20 years: Kaho Na Pyaar

Hai

Lifetime Achievement Award: Legendary

actor and comedian Jagdeep Jaffery

Super 30 founder Anand Kumar honoured with

Education Excellence Award in the US

Super 30 founder and noted mathematician Anand

Kumar has been felicitated in the US with a

prestigious teaching award for his contributions

towards imparting education to the country's needy

students.

The Education Excellence Award 2019 was

presented to Kumar by the Foundation For

Excellence (FFE) at a function on the

occasion of the organisation's 25th

anniversary gala in San Jose, California.

Anand has been running a highly innovative

Super 30 programme for the last 18 years to

mentor 30 students free off cost through year-

long residential coaching for India's premier

IIT-JEE.

Google honours mountaineer Junko Tabei with a

doodle on her 80th birthday

Google honoured Junko Tabei, the first Japanese

woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on her

80th birthday with a animated doodle.

She is also the first woman to ascend all

Seven Summits by climbing the highest peak

on every continent.

The doodle depicts a graph along with seven

ice-capped mountains which symbolise all

the "seven summits" - the highest peaks such

as Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro,

Vinson, Elbrus, Puncak Jaya, on each

continent that was climbed by Tabei.

Apart from the mountains, the doodle also

shows a moving animated cartoon

representing Tabei.

Gully Boy is India’s entry for Oscars

Bollywood film, Gully Boy was selected as India's

official entry in the International Feature Film

category at the Oscars.

The film is directed by Zoya Akhtar and stars

Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt in lead roles.

Gully Boy is a coming-of-age drama centred

around the life of aspiring rapper Murad,

portrayed by Ranveer.

The film was inspired by the real-life stories

of Mumbai rappers Divine and Naezy.

Sardar Patel National Unity Award for

promoting national integration, unity

The Sardar Patel National Unity Award, a new

honour on the pattern of Padma awards for

promoting national unity, will be bestowed on

individuals or institutions for notable contributions

towards the cause of the country's unity and integrity.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had

announced the institution of the award.

According to a notification issued by the

Home Ministry, the decoration will recognise

inspiring contributions to promote national

unity and integrity and to reinforce the value

of a strong and united India.

Any person without distinction of race,

occupation, position or sex is eligible for the

award and it may be given posthumously in

very rare and only in highly deserving cases.

The award will be in the shape of a lotus leaf,

six centimetres in length, six and two

centimetres at its greatest breadth and four

millimetres in thickness.

Kerala Tourism receives three PATA Gold

Awards

Kerala Tourism has won three prestigious Pacific

Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold awards.

These awards include one for an ethnic food

restaurant run by women at Kumarakom

under its Responsible Tourism Mission.

The awards, presented at a glittering function

at Nur-Sultan (Astana) in Kazakhstan were

received by state Tourism Minister

Kadakampally Surendran and Tourism

Director P Bala Kiran.

The two other gold awards were for an

advertisement campaign of Kerala Tourism

'Come Out and Play' and for its website

(www.keralatourism.org) respectively.

71st Prime Time Emmy Awards

The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards honoured the

best in U.S. prime time television programming from

June 1, 2018, until May 31, 2019.

Outstanding Drama Series: Game of Thrones

(HBO)

Outstanding Comedy Series: Fleabag

(Amazon)

Lead Actor, Drama: Billy Porter, Pose

Lead Actress, Drama: Jodie Comer, Killing

Eve

Lead Actor, Comedy: Bill Hader, Barry

Lead Actress, Comedy: Phoebe Waller-

Bridge, Fleabag

Journalist Ravish Kumar awarded first Gauri

Lankesh Memorial Award

Senior journalist and Ramon Magsaysay awardee

Ravish Kumar received the first Gauri Lankesh

Memorial Award in Bengaluru.

He was chosen for the award for sharp news

analysis and uncompromising secular stance

by the Gauri Lankesh Memorial Trust,

founded in memory of the journalist.

Three books were launched at the event titled

‘Delhi Nota’ by senior journalist D

Umapathi, Ravish Kumar’s ‘Free Voices’

translated as ‘Maatige Enu Kadime’, and

‘Neera Nade’ by Prof Vinaya Okkunda.

Gauri Lankesh was an Indian journalist-

turned-activist from Bangalore, Karnataka.

Lionel Messi, Megan Rapinoe named FIFA

players of the year

Argentine star Lionel Messi bagged his sixth FIFA

Men's Player of the Year award.

Also, US' Megan Rapinoe, who captained her

team to victory in this year's World Cup, has

been named Women's Player of the Year.

Messi had ensured Barcelona's victory in the

La Liga and helped the team reach the semi-

finals in the Champions League.

On the other hand, Rapinoe's achievement

was recognised after the American forward

netted six goals in the FIFA Women's World

Cup in July.

Adam Harper won bags SASTRA-Ramanujan

Prize

The 2019 Sastra-Ramanujan Prize will be awarded to

number theorist Adam Harper of the University of

Warwick, England.

This annual prize is given to honour

outstanding contributions by individuals not

exceeding age of 32 in areas of mathematics,

influenced by Indian mathematician

Ramanujan.

The prize, which includes a cash award of

USD 10,000 and a citation, will be awarded

at the international conference on number

theory scheduled for December 22

(Ramanujan’s birthday).

Amitabh Bachchan named for Dada Sahab

Phalke award

Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan has been named for

the prestigious Dada Sahab Phalke award for his

outstanding contribution to the film industry.

The legend who entertained and inspired for

two generations has been unanimously

selected for the award.

The award is conferred by the Government

for outstanding contribution to the growth

and development of Indian Cinema.

It consists of a Swarn Kamal and a cash prize

of ten lakh rupees.

Centre institutes national unity award named

after Sardar Patel

The Centre has instituted the highest civilian award

for contribution to the unity and integrity of India, in

the name of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

The award seeks to recognize notable and

inspiring contributions to promote the cause

of national unity and integrity and to

reinforce the value of a strong and united

India.

The award will be announced on the occasion

of the National Unity Day on the birth

anniversary of Sardar Patel on 31st of

October.

The award will be conferred by the President

by a Sanad under his hand and seal and

presented by him in a presentation ceremony

along with the Padma award presentation

ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan.

The award would consist of a medal and a

citation.

No monetary grant or cash award would be

attached to this Award.

Prime Minister Modi receives ‘Global

Goalkeeper’ award for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred the

"Global Goalkeeper" award by the Bill and Melinda

Gates Foundation for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

launched by his government.

Mr Modi dedicated the award to those

Indians who transformed the Swachh Bharat

campaign into a ‘people's movement’ and

accorded topmost priority to cleanliness in

their day-to-day lives.

The campaign has not only improved the

lives of crores of Indians, but it has also

played a significant role in achieving the

goals set by the UN.

The cleanliness campaign was launched by

the Modi government during its first term on

October 2, 2014.

Payal Jangid became the First Indian to Win

Changemaker Award

17-year-old Payal Jangid from Rajasthan became the

first Indian to receive the Changemaker Award by

the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Payal, who is from Hinsla village, about 100

kms from Jaipur, has been conferred with the

award for her continuous dedication towards

the abolition of child marriage in her village,

which is a child-friendly village (Bal Mitra

Gram), as well as in neighbouring villages.

According to Payal, her activism and fight to

abolish child marriage began at the age of 11,

when she had to relent against being married

off.

Infosys wins UN Global Climate Action Award

for 'carbon neutral now' category

Digital services and consulting major Infosys has

won the United Nations Global Climate Action

Award in 'carbon neutral now' category.

It became the only Indian corporate to earn

the recognition for its efforts to combat

climate change.

The award will be presented to Infosys at the

UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) at

Santiago in Chile during December.

Infosys began its action to combat climate

change in 2008 with an assessment of its

carbon footprint.

Corps Of Army Air Defence honoured with

President’s Colours Award

President Ram Nath Kovind presented the

prestigious President’s Colours to the Corps of Army

Air Defence at a function in Gopalpur in Ganjam

district of Odisha.

The award was given to the Corps on the

occasion of 25 years of Army Air Defence

College, AADC.

It was received by Army AD Centre on behalf

of the Corps of Army Air Defence.

The President’s Colours is the highest

military honour for the armed forces

bestowed in recognition of exceptional

services rendered to the nation, both during

the war and in peace times.

One of the youngest corps of Army, the Army

Air Defence Corps bifurcated from the

Regiment of Artillery in 1989 and established

the Army Air Defence College.

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu presents the

28th Saraswati Samman to Dr K Siva Reddy

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu presented 28th

Saraswati Samman, Dr K Siva Reddy in New Delhi.

He has hon the prestigious award for his

collection of poems titled Pakkaki Ottigilite

(Turning Aside While Lying Down).

The award, instituted by the KK Birla

Foundation, is given annually for an

outstanding literary work written in any

official Indian language and published during

the preceding 10 years.

It is the highest recognition in the field of

Indian literature and carries a cash purse of

Rs 15 lakh, apart from a citation and a plaque.

Cochin International Airport wins an

international award for passenger satisfaction

Airport Council International (ACI) has recognised

Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) as the

best airport in terms of services it offered to

passengers.

CIAL was ranked amongst the best airports

in the 5-15 million categories in the Asia

Pacific region for the year 2018 based on

annual Airport Service Quality (ASQ) survey

conducted by the ACI.

The award was presented to the authorities of

Cochin International Airport at the second

Annual ACI Customer Experience Global

Summit held at Bali, Indonesia.

Yashaswini Deswal wins gold at ISSF World Cup

Young shooter Yashaswini Singh Deswal won gold

in the women's 10meter Air Pistol event at the ISSF

World Cup at in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

With the win, she has also secured an

Olympic quota for India.

This is India's ninth quota in shooting for

2020 Tokyo Games.

World no.1 Olena Kostevych of Ukraine

claimed the silver, while Serbia's Jasmina

Milavonovic bagged the bronze.

Shot putter Tejinderpal Singh Toor clinches

silver in Czech Republic

Shot putter Tejinderpal Singh Toor clinched a silver

medal during an athletic meet at Decin in the Czech

Republic.

The Asian Games gold medallist came up

with the best throw of 20.09m in his last

attempt at the event.

Tajinder has been awarded the Arjuna Award

this year.

The 24-year-old Indian has already qualified

for the World Championship being the Area

champion following his gold-winning feat at

Asian Athletics Championships in April this

year.

India beat Nepal 7-0 to lift SAFF Under-15 title

India lifted the SAFF Under-15 title at Kalyanai,

West Bengal with a 7-0 win over Nepal.

The victory also meant that India are now the

most successful team in the tournament's

history.

They won the title for a record third time after

previous wins in 2013 and 2017, both of

which came in Nepal.

Kohli surpassed Dhoni to become India's

most successful Test skipper

Virat Kohli has surpassed Mahendra Singh

Dhoni to become India's most successful Test

skipper.

It came after the Indian team recorded

its 28th win under Kohli's leadership in

the second and final test against the

West Indies at Kingston.

The 28 wins have come from 48

matches for Kohli as captain.

His predecessor Dhoni led India to 27

wins from 60 Test matches during his

tenure.

Sourav Ganguly with 21 wins and

Mohammad Azharuddin with 14 wins

are third and fourth in the list of

successful Indian Test skippers.

Overall, former South Africa skipper

Graeme Smith remains the most

successful skipper in the world with 53

Test wins.

India finishes ISSF World Cup Shooting

Championship at the top

India finished at the top of the ISSF World

Cup Rifle/Pistol Championship in Rio De

Janeiro with 5 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze

medals.

Indian pair of Manu Bhaker and

Saurabh Choudhary of India defeated

their compatriot rivals Yashaswini

Deswai and Abhishek Verma in the

summit clash of 10-Metre Air Pistol

mixed team event.

India has now finished as the leading

nation in the ISSF Senior World Cup

events in 2019 with 16 gold, 4 silver

and 2 Bronze medals.

Earlier, World number one Apurvi

Chandela, partnered with Deepak

Kumar to win India their fourth gold

medal in 10-Metre mixed team air rifle

event.

Mithali Raj announces retirement from T20Is

Indian women's cricket great and ODI captain

Mithali Raj announced her retirement from T20

Internationals.

The 36-year-old said she wants to focus on

her ODI career, keeping in mind the 2021

World Cup in New Zealand.

Mithali ended her T20 career with 2,364 runs

from 89 matches at an average of 37.5 and the

highest score of 97 not out.

She made her T20 International debut in 1999

and played her last match in March against

England in Guwahati.

Mithali is also the first Indian woman to reach

the landmark of 2000 T20 runs.

In 203 ODIs, she scored 6,720 runs at an

average of 51.29, with seven hundred.

She has also played in 10 Tests, with 663 runs

including a hundred.

FIFA unveils official emblem for Qatar World

Cup 2022

FIFA unveiled the official emblem of the 22nd

edition of the FIFA World Cup which is scheduled to

be hosted in Qatar.

The official emblem of the FIFA World Cup

Qatar 2022 shapes like number 8 and symbol

infinity.

The eight represents the number of stadiums

that will host the football tournament while

the infinity symbol reflects the

interconnected nature of the event.

The unveiling took place in Qatar's capital,

Doha.

Steve Smith becomes 2nd Australian to score 500

in Ashes series

Steve Smith has become the second Australian after

Allan Border to score 500 and more runs in the

consecutive Ashes series in England.

Smith reached this milestone after he added

122 runs in the ongoing fourth Ashes Test.

In 2015 Ashes which took place in England,

Smith scored 508 runs while this time in his

third match he crossed the 500 run mark.

The Ashes is a Test cricket series played

between England and Australia at least once

every two years.

India Red beat India Green to clinch Duleep

Trophy title

India Red beat India Green by an innings and 38 runs

to clinch the Duleep Trophy title on the fourth day at

Bengaluru.

India Red had scored 388 in their first

innings.

India Green compiled 231 runs in their first

innings and 119 in their second innings.

Vidharbha off-spinner Akshay Wakhare

returned with a five-wicket haul.

Abhimanyu Easwaran, who made a brilliant

153 for India Red, was named player of the

match.

Kenya's Brigid Kosgei runs fastest-ever women's

half-marathon

Kenya's Brigid Kosgei ran the fastest half-marathon

ever by a woman, winning the Great North Run in a

time of one hour, four minutes and 28 seconds.

Her time was 23 seconds quicker than the

world record set in 2017 by fellow Kenyan

Joyciline Jepkosgei.

Kosgei, who won this year's London

Marathon, led a Kenyan sweep of the top four

places, with Magdalyne Masai second

(1:07.36) and Linet Masai third (1:07:44).

Mo Farah won the men's elite race for a

record sixth successive year.

US Open Final: Bianca defeats Serena

Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu stuns Serena

Williams in a gripping US Open Women's final to

claim her first Grand Slam title.

Bianca Andreescu defeated Serena Williams

in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5, to win her first

Grand Slam title in US Open women's final.

In a matchup between tennis' Canadian

teenage newcomer and one of the greatest

superstars in the history of tennis, the

youngster took home the crown.

Malinga takes a double hat-trick in final T20

against New Zealand

Yorker King Lasith Malinga was at his best in the 3rd

T20I between Sri Lanka and New Zealand.

Malinga went past Wasim Akram to become

the 1st-ever bowler in international cricket to

pick up 5 hat-tricks.

Malinga did not stop with just a hat-trick as

he went on to pick up 4 in 4, thereby

becoming the only bowler to achieve the feat

in international cricket twice.

He became the first bowler in Twenty20

internationals to claim 100 wickets.

Kraigg Brathwaite reported for suspected illegal

bowling action

West Indies Cricketer Kraigg Brathwaite has been

reported for a suspected illegal bowling action during

the second Test against India in Kingston.

ICC match officials report cited concerns

about the legality of the 26-year-old's

bowling action during the course of the

match.

With Brathwaite being reported again, he will

be required to submit to further testing by

September 14.

He is, however, permitted to continue

bowling in international cricket until the

results of the testing are known.

Rafael Nadal beats Daniil Medvedev in US Open

final

Rafael Nadal has won US Open Men's singles

beating Daniil Medvedev in a five-set epic with a

thrilling 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4.

This is his fourth US Open title and 19th

Grand Slam trophy.

The 33-year-old Spanish left-hander chased

his 19th career Grand Slam singles title, one

shy of Roger Federer's all-time men's record,

in his 27th Slam final.

Senior Women's National Football

Championship kicks off

The 25th Senior Women’s National Football

Championship kicked off at Pasighat in Arunachal

Pradesh.

State’s Chief Minister Pema Khandu and

Union Minister of State for Sports and

Youths Affairs Kiren Rijiju attended the

inaugural match between Railways and

Mizoram.

30 teams are participating in the 15-day

event.

Teams have been divided into eight groups.

The eight group toppers will advance to the

quarterfinals which will be followed by

semifinals and final on 24th of this month.

Track Asia Cup cycling: Ronaldo Laitonjam

wins the fourth gold

In Cycling, India's Ronaldo Laitonjam won his fourth

gold medal on the concluding day of Track Asia Cup

competition in New Delhi.

India emerged overall champions as its

players picked up three medals in the day,

two gold and one bronze.

Overall, India topped the medals tally, with

10 gold, 8 silver and 7 bronze as the

tournament came to an end at the IGI Sports

Complex.

Uzbekistan finished second, with 4 gold and

3 silver. Malaysia secured third place, with 4

gold and 1 silver.

Mary Kom, Amit Panghal among 10 boxers in

TOPS scheme

The Sports Authority of India (SAI) Mission

Olympic Cell has included 10 boxers in the Target

Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) for the 2020

Tokyo Olympics.

The boxers include M.C. Mary Kom

(women’s 51 kg), Amit Panghal (men’s 52

kg), Sonia Chahal (women’s 57 kg), Neeraj

(women’s 57 kg), Nikhat Zareen (women’s

51 kg), Kavinder Singh Bisht (men’s 57 kg),

Lovlina Borgohain (women’s 69 kg), Vikas

Krishan (men’s 75 kg), Shiva Thapa (men’s

63 kg) and Manish Kaushik (men’s 63 kg).

India has so far won two Olympic medals in

boxing i.e. Vijender Singh won the bronze in

the 2008 Beijing Games while Mary Kom

won the bronze in the 2012 London Games.

Apart from the boxers, the committee has

also included 22-year-old women’s 10m air

pistol shooter Yashaswini Singh Deswal in

the TOPS scheme.

UAE President bestows First Class Order of

Zayed II award to Navdeep Singh Suri

UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

has bestowed the First Class Order of Zayed II award

to the Ambassador, Navdeep Singh Suri.

The award is given in recognition of his

contribution to the development and

strengthening of friendly relations and co-

operation between the two countries.

It is a rare honour given to any diplomat.

UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh

Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan presented the

Order to the Ambassador in Abu Dhabi.

Amit Shah inaugurates the renamed Arun Jaitley

Cricket Stadium

The iconic Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in the national

capital is renamed after former Union Minister late

Arun Jaitley.

In a function at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Home Minister Amit Shah digitally

inaugurated the renamed Arun Jaitley Cricket

Stadium in presence of late finance minister's

family.

DDCA also unveiled a new pavilion stand at

the Feroz Shah Kotla after skipper Virat

Kohli, who recently became the most

successful India captain in Test cricket.

Arun Jaitley, who was at the helm of the

DDCA from 1999 to 2013, was credited for

bringing better facilities, including a world-

class stadium, to Delhi cricket.

Sourabh Verma clinches Vietnam Open Super

100 title

In Badminton, Sourabh Verma clinched the Vietnam

Open Super 100 title, defeating China’s Sun Fei

Xiang in a thrilling Men's Singles summit clash at the

Ho Chi Minh City.

Second seed Verma recovered from a mid-

game slump to beat Sun 21-12, 17-2, 21-14.

This victory marks Verma's second Super

100 win in the ongoing calendar year.

He had won the Hyderabad Open earlier in

August.

Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen clinches men's

singles title of Belgian International Challenge

In Badminton, rising Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen

stunned second seed Victor Svendsen of Denmark in

straight games to clinch men's singles title at the

Belgian International Challenge.

Lakshya was at his best as he notched up a

comfortable 21-14, 21-15 win over Svendsen

in the title clash.

The 18-year-old Lakshya had earlier beaten

Denmark's Kim Bruun 21-18, 21-11 to win in

a 48-minute semifinal clash.

India beat Bangladesh by five runs, clinch U-19

Asia Cup title

India clinched the Under-19 Asia Cup title, with a

thrilling five-run win over Bangladesh in a low-

scoring final at Colombo.

Defending a paltry total of 106, India

dismissed Bangladesh for 101 in 33 overs.

Left-arm spinner 18-year-old Atharva

Ankolekar, emerged as the star of the Indian

team, with figures of 5 for 28 from 8 overs.

2020 Women's FIFA U-17 World Cup to be held

from Nov 2-21

The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, to be hosted

by India, will be held from 2nd to 21st November

next year.

The of FIFA will be held in four cities across

the country.

Last month, the Kalinga Stadium in

Bhubaneswar has been provisionally

confirmed as a venue, pending FIFA

approval.

Kolkata, Navi Mumbai, Panaji and

Ahmedabad are in the running for the other

three host cities.

India was announced as the host country in

March this year.

Spain is the defending champions, having

won the title of the biennial tournament in

2018.

Smith creates a record of scoring most runs in a

series this century

Australia batsman Steve Smith has now become the

highest run-scorer in a Test series of this century.

In the ongoing fifth Ashes Test against

England, Smith went past his own record of

scoring 769 runs against India during the

2014-15 season.

Smith now has a total of 774 runs in the

series.

Smith has made his comeback in the

international cricket in the ICC Men's World

Cup after serving a 12 months suspension for

his involvement in the ball-tampering scandal

at Newlands in March 2018.

Smith recently attainted the number one

batsman spot in the ICC Test rankings.

Pankaj Advani clinches record 22nd world

billiards title

Pankaj Advani increased his tally of world titles to

22 by winning a fourth straight final in the 150-up

format at the IBSF World Billiards Championship.

The 34-year-old has brought home a world

trophy every year ever since returning from a

professional stint in the UK in 2014.

With another trophy in the bag, Advani

extends his remarkable run of winning a

global crown since 2003.

The Bengaluru-based Advani has won more

world titles in his sport than anyone else.

Dinesh Mongia announces retirement from all

forms of cricket

Former India all-rounder Dinesh Mongia announced

his retirement from all forms of cricket.

Mongia is best known for being chosen over

VVS Laxman in the Indian team that finished

runner-up in the ICC World Cup 2003 in

South Africa.

Mongia was last seen on a cricket field in

2007, playing for Punjab, before being

banned by the BCCI for joining the Indian

Cricket League (ICL).

Mongia played 121 first-class matches and

has 21 centuries to his name.

US swimmer crisscrosses the English Channel in

54-hour feat

An American breast cancer survivor Sarah Thomas,

became the first person to swim across the English

Channel four times non-stop in a 54-hour feat of

endurance.

Thomas completed treatment for cancer a

year ago.

Thomas told that the hardest part of the swim

was dealing with the saltwater, which left her

throat and mouth sore.

Vinesh Phogat becomes first Indian wrestler to

qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

India's star wrestler Vinesh Phogat qualified for the

2020 Olympics after beating fancied American Sarah

Hildebrandt in the World Championships in Nur

Sultan, Kazakhstan.

She scored an impressive 8-2 win over the

world championship silver medalist to secure

her place at the Tokyo Games.

Vinesh will wrestle in the bronze-medal bout

against Maria Prevolaraki of Germany later.

The mascot for the 2020 Beijing Winter Olympics

unveiled

A smiling panda and a walking Chinese lantern will

be the mascots for the 2022 Winter Olympics and

Paralympics in Beijing.

The panda, named Bing Dwen Dwen, is the

Olympic mascot.

Colourful circles around its face symbolize

skating tracks and 5G technology, according

to the website of the Beijing organizing

committee.

The giant panda was one of the five mascots

for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, and

it also was the symbol for the Asian Games

in Beijing in 1990.

FIFA rankings: India drops one spot to 104th

position

The Indian football team has dropped one spot to 104

in the latest FIFA rankings.

The side last played in the 2022 World Cup

and 2023 AFC Asian Cup second round joint

preliminary qualifiers.

India is playing alongside Oman, Qatar,

Bangladesh and Afghanistan in Group E of

the qualifying tournament.

Belgium has maintained its top spot in the

rankings, while France has surpassed Brazil

to reach the second spot.

Bajrang Punia, Ravi Kumar book 2020 Tokyo

Olympics berth

Two more Indian wrestlers book 2020 Tokyo

Olympics ticket; Bajrang Punia seals Olympics berth

in the 65-kilogram category while Ravi Kumar books

Olympics quota in the 57-kilogram category.

Bajrang Punia and Ravi Kumar reached their

respective semi-finals at the World Wrestling

Champions and also secured themselves

quotas at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

In quarter-finals, Punia defeated Jong Son of

North Korea 8-1.

Meanwhile, Ravi Dahiya defeated former

world champion Yuki Takahashi 6-1 in the

quarter-finals of 57kg freestyle event.

Amit Panghal becomes first Indian to enter

World Men's Championship finals

In Boxing, Asian Champion Amit Panghal became

the first Indian to make the finals of the World Men's

Championship.

In 52 kilogram category, second seed

Panghal prevailed 3-2 against Kazakhstan's

Saken Bibossinov in the last-four stage but

Kaushik lost 0-5 to top-seeded Cuban Andy

Gomez Cruz in 63-kilogram category.

Panghal will take on Uzbekistan's

Shakhobidin Zoirov, the reigning Olympic

champion.

India had never won more than one bronze

medal in a single edition of the world

championships but Panghal and Manish

Kaushik changed that by making the

semifinals.

The past Indian medal-winners at the world

meet are Vijender Singh (2009), Vikas

Krishan (2011), Shiva Thapa (2015) and

Gaurav Bidhuri (2017).

Bajrang Punia, Ravi Dahiya qualify for the 2020

Tokyo Olympics

Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya qualified for the

2020 Tokyo Olympics winning their respective

quarterfinal matches in World Wrestling

Championships at Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan.

However, they lost their semi-final bouts in

the men's freestyle category.

Bajrang lost the semi-final home wrestler

Daulet Niyazbekov while Ravi Dahiya lost

his match to reigning world champion Zaur

Uguev from Russia.

Vinesh Phogat had already booked an

Olympic quota for India in women's 53

kilograms.

Amit Panghal loses in final of World Boxing

Championships

Ace Indian boxer Amit Panghal settled for a silver at

the AIBA Men's World Boxing Championships at

Ekaterinburg in Russia.

He lost to Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan

Zoirov in flyweight (48-52 kg) category, by a

unanimous decision from the judges.

Amit Panghal created history as he became

the first Indian male boxer to qualify for the

final of the Championships.

Rahul Aware wins bronze in 61 kg category at

World Championship

Indian wrestler Rahul Aware has won a bronze medal

in men's 61-kilogram freestyle category at the World

Championship in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.

Rahul beat 17th seeded American Tyler Lee

Graff 11-4 to ensure he finished on the

podium.

This, however, was not an Olympic category

and thus the bronze did not help Aware

qualify for the Tokyo Games.

It was India’s fifth medal at this edition of the

World Championships with a total haul of 1

silver and 4 bronzes.

Carolina Marina lifts China Open title

Olympic gold medalist Carolina Marin defeated

Taiwan's Tai Tzu Ying 14-21, 21-17, 21-18 in the

women's badminton singles final match to lift the

China Open title.

In the 65-minute-long clash, Spain's Marin

lost the first game but made a comeback in

the next two games to clinch the title

encounter.

Marin, 26, is returning to the court after eight

months as she had knee surgery.

She missed the BWF World Championships

which concluded last month in Basel,

Switzerland.

Daniil Medvedev wins St Petersburg Open title

Daniil Medvedev strolled to a sixth career title as he

defeated Borna Coric 6-3, 6-1 in the final of the St

Petersburg Open.

World number four Medvedev, who since

July has reached five finals in as many

tournaments, won his third title of the year

and sixth of his career.

Indian Divij Sharan and Igor Zelenay won

double title past Italian pair of Matteo

Berrettini and Simone Bolelli 6-3 3-6 10-8 in

tie-breaker in the hard-fought summit clash

that lasted for one hour and 17 minutes.

Manipur clinch 25th Senior Women's National

Football Championship

Defending champion Manipur has clinched the title

of the 25th Senior Women's National Football

Championship for the 20th time.

In the final at CHF Ground in Pasighat,

Manipur defeated Railways 1-0 in a thrilling

contest.

In the 67th minute, Bala Devi gave the

breakthrough for Manipur.

Bala Devi is the highest scorer in the

tournament with 20 goals.

Railways’ Sanju was declared the Player of

the tournament.

Arunachal Pradesh had hosted the

tournament for the first time.

Pankaj Advani-Aditya Mehta pair wins World

Team Snooker title

The Indian duo of Pankaj Advani and Aditya Mehta

has won the IBSF World Snooker Team title at

Mandalay, Myanmar.

The Indian pair beat Thailand's team

comprising C.Pongsakorn and D.Poramin 5-

2 in the final.

This takes Advani's world title tally to a

phenomenal 23 while Aditya claimed his

maiden title.

For Advani, this win has ensured that his

name is now there every IBSF world title on

offer.

PT Usha honoured with IAAF Veteran Pin

The world athletics governing body, the International

Association of Athletic Federations, IAAF, honoured

the Indian track and field legend PT Usha with a

Veteran Pin in recognition of her contribution to the

growth of the sport.

IAAF chief Sebastian Coe presented her the

Veteran Pin during the 52nd IAAF Congress

at Doha.

Usha was one of three persons from Asia to

receive the honour.

Often called the "queen of track and field",

Usha is one of the greatest sprinters to have

come out of India.

At the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games, she

won silver medals in 100m and 200m events.

Deepti Sharma creates history, becomes 1st

Indian cricketer to bowl 3 maidens in T20Is

All-rounder Deepti Sharma had an extraordinary

outing in India’s first T20I against South Africa in

Surat.

She ended with figures of 4/8 with three of

the four overs to lead India to victory.

If that was not enough she bowled three

maidens and made her way into the record

books.

This is the first time that an Indian has bowled

as many maidens in a T20I match.

India lift SAFF U-18 Championship title for the

first time

In Football, India defeated Bangladesh by 2-1 in the

final of SAFF Under-18 Championship 2019 to lift

the title in Kathmandu.

From the beginning, India played

aggressively and Vikram Pratap Singh did

not take much time to hand India a 1-0

lead. Singh scored in the second minute of

the game.

India's Ninthoinganba Meetei was declared

Most Valuable Player of the championship.

This is India's maiden SAFF U-18 trophy.

India remained runners up in 2015 and

finished third in 2017.

Indian junior boys win a bronze medal in Serbia

Junior & Cadet Open

In Table Tennis, Indian junior boys Raegan

Albuquerque and Yashansh Malik paired with the

Netherlands' Lode Hulshof won the bronze medal at

the Serbia Junior and Cadet Open in Mumbai.

The team put up a big fight before going

down 2-3 in the semi-finals to the Czech

Republic trio of Radek Skala, Tomas

Martinko and Ondrej Kveton.

Earlier, in the quarterfinals, the combination

of India and the Netherlands got the better of

Spain and Slovakia 3-1.

Kento Momota wins Korea Open

Japan's shuttler Kento Momota won the Korea Open

after defeating Chou Tien-Chen of Taiwan in the

finals.

Momota defeated Tien-Chen 21-19, 21-17 to

clinch the final that lasted for almost 53

minutes.

The world number one Momoto had defeated

India's Parupalli Kashyap 21-13, 21-15 in the

semi-finals.

In the women's final, He Bingjiao of China

defeated Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon 18-

21, 24-22, 21-17.

South Korea's pair of Kim So-Yeong and

Kong Hee-Yong defeated Lee So-hee and

Shin Seung-chan 13-21, 21-19, 21-17 to win

the women's doubles.

Novelist Kiran Nagarkar passes away

Novelist Kiran Nagarkar passed away at the age of

77 after a brief illness.

Nagarkar published his first novel, 'Saat

Sakkam Trechalis', in Marathi in 1974 at the

age of 32.

He won the 2001 Sahitya Akademi Award for

his epic novel 'Cuckold' (1997).

Former president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe

died

Former president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has

died at the age of 95.

Mugabe was a former guerrilla chief who

took power after the end of white minority

rule in 1980.

He was ousted in a military coup in

November 2017, ending three decades in

power.

Abdul Qadir, Pakistan's master leg-spinner,

passes away

Pakistan's master leg-spinner Abdul Qadir died in

Lahore after suffering from a massive cardiac arrest.

Qadir, who played in 67 Tests and 104 ODIs

had a total 368 wickets in his international

career.

He took 9 wickets for 56 in one test against

West Indies at Faisalabad.

Noted lawyer & former union minister Ram

Jethmalani passes away

Noted lawyer and former Union Minister Ram

Jethmalani passed away at his residence in New

Delhi.

Jethmalani a sitting Member of the Rajya

Sabha, was ill for some time due to age-

related ailments.

Jethmalani had also served as a union

minister for law and urban development in

the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Cabinet.

He was also the chairman of the Bar Council

of India.

Legendary singer Jose Jose passes away

Legendary Mexican singer Jose Jose who was often

called 'El Principe de la Cancion' or 'The Prince of

Song,' died.

The singer died after a battle with Pancreatic

cancer, according to the singer's assistant

Laura Nunez.

In a career of more than four-decade, the

singer sold millions of albums and picked by

six Grammy nominations.

However, the famed singer never took home

a Grammy award himself.

Vice President releases Second Volume of

‘Loktantra Ke Swar’ and ‘The Republican Ethic’

- Compilation of Selected Speeches of President of

India

Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu

released the books ‘Loktantra Ke Swar (Khand 2)’

and ‘The Republican Ethic (Volume 2)’ in a function

organized at Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra, New Delhi.

The books are a compilation of 95 speeches

delivered by the President of India Shri Ram

Nath Kovind during his second year in office

(July 2018 to July 2019).

They have been brought out by Publications

Division under Ministry of Information &

Broadcasting.

Shri Naidu highlighted several key areas

from the books, quoting the speeches of the

President given on key occasions in his

second year in office.

A new book "Being Gandhi" to mark Gandhi's

150th birth anniversary

A new book by award-winning author Paro Anand

will mark the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi

by publishers Harper Collins Children’s Books have

been announced.

Titled "Being Gandhi", the book explores not

Gandhi the man or his life as a leader, but

really the Gandhian way that must remain

relevant to us.

The story revolves around a boy,

Chandrashekhar, who is bored of doing

projects on Gandhi.

Pranab Mukherjee releases book 'Reset:

Regaining India's Economic Legacy'

Former president Pranab Mukherjee released a

book 'Reset: Regaining India's Economic Legacy'

written by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy.

The book tracks the country's economic

development over the years and offers

solutions for future growth.

The former president also acknowledged the

Swami's input on liberalising trade when the

latter was the commerce minister in the short-

lived Chandra Shekhar government in 1990-

91.

Quiz September 2019

Q. What is the theme of Rashtriya Poshan Maah

2019?

Breast Feeding

Increase Food Cover

Complementary Feeding

Remove Malnutrition

None of these

Q. The Gorewada International Zoo will be set up in

________.

Ranchi

Pune

Nagpur

Mumbai

Agra

Q. Indian city Mumbai has ranked _______ on Safe

Cities Index (SCI) 2019?

37th

67th

18th

45th

33rd

Q. Which of the following city topped the Safe Cities

Index (SCI) 2019?

New York

Tokyo

Shanghai

Paris

Melbourne

Q. Google Doodle honours Amrita Pritam on her

100th birth. She was an Indian _______.

Para Athlete

Novelist

Scientist

Actress

Hockey Player

Q. In August 2019, Which of the following bank has

launched Repo-linked home, auto loans?

ICICI Bank

Yes Bank

IDBI Bank

State Bank of India

Bandhan Bank

Q. Which of the following company has signed a

statement of intent with the Ministry of Electronics

and IT (MeitY) for rolling out 'Build for Digital

India' programme?

Microsoft

Google

Apple

IBM

Facebook

Q. After the recent announcement of the merger of

banks, The country will have ______ public sector

banks.

8

12

16

19

21

Q. Which of the following pair of bank merger is

correct according to the recent announcement made

by the Finance Minister?

United Bank of India, Oriental Bank of Commerce,

Punjab National Bank

Syndicate Bank, Canara Bank

Allahabad Bank, Indian Bank

Andhra Bank, Corporation Bank, Union Bank of

India

All are correct

Q. Which of the following initiative/mission won the

prestigious SKOCH Governance Gold Award?

Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban

Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U)

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana -Gramin (PMAY-G)

Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana

None of these

Q. In September 2019, Which of the following

country hosted the South Asian Speakers’ summit?

Indonesia

Thailand

Laos

Cambodia

Maldives

Q. What is the length of the country's longest

electrified rail tunnel between Cherlopalli and

Rapuru in Andhra Pradesh?

3.9 km

5.1 km

6.6 km

8.5 km

8.9 km

Q. According to the new Motor Vehicle Act, what is

the fine decided by the government for drunken

driving?

Rs 5,000

Rs 7,500

Rs 10,000

Rs 12, 000

Rs 15,000

Q. GST collection in the month of August stood at

_________.

72 thousand 628 crore rupees

82 thousand 628 crore rupees

15 thousand 628 crore rupees

77 thousand 628 crore rupees

98 thousand 202 crore rupees

Q. Tamilisai Soundararajan has been appointed as

the new governor of ________.

Jharkhand

Andhra Pradesh

Telangana

Assam

Manipur

Q. Who among the following took charge as the

Eastern Army Commander?

Anil Chauhan

Ranbir Singh

Kamal Jit Singh

Man Mohan Singh Rai

None of these

Q. Who among the following has been nominated as

the as a judge of the US District Court for the

Southern District of California by Donald Trump?

Sanjay Vijay

Ranjan Singh

Shireen Mathews

Ajay Samuel

Ranjeet Chaudhary

Q. Yashaswini Deswal is associated with which of

the following sports?

Badminton

Chess

Hockey

Shooting

Wrestling

Q. Tejinderpal Singh Toor, who won Arjun Award

this year and also clinched a silver medal in the

Czech Republic is associated with which of the

following sports?

Wrestling

Long Jump

High Jump

Short Put

Javelin Throw

Q. Which of the following country won SAFF

Under-15 title?

Nepal

India

Bangladesh

Sri Lanka

Bhutan

Q. AUMX is a joint military exercise between the USA

and _______.

Japan

G7 Countries

ASEAN

Canada

France

Q. The 5th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) will take

place in _______.

China

Russia

Mongolia

Vietnam

Singapore

Q. Exercise Yudh Abhyas is a joint military exercise

between India and ______.

France

Japan

Indonesia

USA

Canada

Q. Asia's first 5th Generation Virtual Reality based

Advanced Driver Training Simulator Centre was

launched in _______.

Pune

Chennai

Bengaluru

New Delhi

Agra

Q. Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has

signed an MoU with which of the following bank for

Payments to ESIC beneficiaries on Real-Time Basis?

Punjab National Bank

Canara Bank

Indian Bank

State Bank of India

ICICI Bank

Q. Which of the following is not a part of eight core

industries in India?

Coal

Crude oil

Natural gas

Rubber

Fertiliser

Q. In September, The Central government has approved

_______ crore capital infusion into IDBI Bank.

Rs 4,600 crore

Rs 6,300 crore

Rs 9,300 crore

Rs 6,500 crore

Rs 7,600 crore

Q. Who among the following assumed Chairmanship of

Association of World Election Bodies, AWEB for the

term 2019-21?

Ashok Lavasa

Achal Kumar Jyoti

Om Prakash Rawat

Sunil Arora

K. K. Venugopal

Q. Which of the following place has topped the list of

'Swachh Iconic Places' in India?

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus

Taj Mahal

Golden Temple

Ajmer Sharif Dargah

Q. Recently, Mithali Raj announced her retirement from

which form of International cricket?

T20

ODI

Test Matches

A and B

All of the above

Q. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan served as ______.

The First President of India

The First Home Minister of India

The First Lok Sabha Speaker

The First Vice president of India

None of these

Q. According to RBI circular, which of the following loan

will be linked to the to an external benchmark like the

policy repo rate?

Car loan

Auto loan

House loan

Personal loan

All of the above

Q. The 1st National Conference on Cyber Crime

Investigation and Cyber Forensics was held at _______.

Mumbai

New Delhi

Chennai

Pune

Lucknow

Q. Who among the following has/have been declared as

terrorists under the recently amended Unlawful Activities

(Prevention) Amendment Act?

Dawood Ibrahim

Hafiz Saeed

Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi

Masood Azhar

All of these

Q. The Aqua Aquaria India 2019 was held at _______.

Kochi

Chennai

Diu

Hyderabad

Kolkata

Q. The central government has decided to invest

________ in different sectors of fisheries in the next three

to five years.

Rs 5,000 crore

Rs 10,000 crore

Rs 15,000 crore

Rs 20,000 crore

Rs 25,000 crore

Q. Which of the following country topped in the world's

most liveable cities according to an annual survey by the

Economist Intelligence Unit?

Vienna

Budapest

Prague

Munich

Amsterdam

Q. The official emblem for Qatar World Cup 2022 shaped

like the number ______.

1

2

5

7

8

Q. The Delhi cabinet has decided to increase the financial

assistance given under 'Jai Bheem Mukhyamantri Yojana'

to ________.

Rs 50,000

Rs 80,000

Rs 1 Lakh

Rs 1.2 Lakh

Rs 1.5 Lakh

Q. India ahs ranked _______ on World Travel & Tourism

Competitiveness Index 2019 released by World

Economic Forum (WEF).

48th

76th

102th

34th

77th

Q. SLINEX 2019 is a joint military exercise between

India and _______.

South Africa

Singapore

Sri Lanka

South Korea

Saudi Arabia

Q. Which of the following Indian Naval Ship reaches

Nigeria to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the

establishment of diplomatic relations between India

and Nigeria?

INS Tarkash

INS Talwar

INS Teg

INS Rajput

INS Trikand

Q. Country's first 'Fun Zone' for children has been set

up by the Railways at which of the folloiwng railway

station?

Chennai

Visakhapatnam

New Delhi

Agra

Guwahati

Q. Which of the folloiwng Indian state/Union

Territory will host First-ever Global Investors

Summit in the month of October?

Assam

Gujarat

Jammu & Kashmir

Uttar Pradesh

Karnataka

Q. Which of the following Indian state has signed an

MoU with the Delaware State of America signed for

sister state?

Maharashtra

Jharkhand

Gujarat

Tamil Nadu

Assam

Q. The Headquarter of the World Gold Council is

located at _______.

Vienna, Austria

Munich, Germany

Geneva, Switzerland

London, United Kingdom

New York, US

Q. What is the prize money given to the recipient of

the National Teachers' Award?

Rs 25,000

Rs 50,000

Rs 75,000

Rs 80,000

Rs 1,00,000

Q. Recently, Muhammad Yunus has been conferred

with the 'Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis ' award. He

is a Nobel Laureate from which of the folloiwng

country?

Pakistan

Bangladesh

Sri Lanka

India

Afghanistan

Q. Ashes is a Test cricket series played between

_______ and _______.

England and Australia

England, South Africa and Australia

New Zealand and England

New Zealand and South Africa

None of these

Q. Recently, Kiran Nagarkar passed away. He was a

famous _______.

Scientist

Footballer

Cartoonist

Painter

Novelist

Q. India announced a line of credit worth one Billion US

dollars under its 'Act Far East' policy for Which of the

following country?

Russia

China

Japan

North Korea

South Korea

Q. In September, With which of following India has

signed two MoU for defence educational exchanges and

extend logistical support to each other’s Navies?

Indonesia

Japan

South Korea

Thailand

Sri Lanka

Q. According to WHO India has ranked _______ in the

world according to the number of measles cases registered

between July 2018 and June 2019?

4th

8th

10th

12th

18th

Q. Which of the following city will host the 6th India-

China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED)?

Kolkata

Shanghai

Mumbai

Beijing

New Delhi

Q. Who among the following has been appointed as the

next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Norway?

Satya Pal

B Bala Bhaskar

G Radha Mohan

Ranjan Tyagi

Ajeet Nagpal

Q. Which of the following organisation/Ministry received

Swacha Award in the category of Swachhta Action Plan?

Tata Motors

BEML Limited

Indian Space Research Organisation

Ministry of Railways

Ministry of Rural Development

Q. Which of the following state received honours for

improving sex ratio at birth under Beti Bachao Beti

Padhao campaign?

Haryana

Uttarakhand

Rajasthan

Uttar Pradesh

All of these

Q. In September 2019, ECL Finance Limited have signed

a co-origination agreement with which of the following

bank to increase access to credit for micro, small and

medium enterprises?

Yes Bank

ICICI Bank

State Bank of India

Punjab National Bank

Indian Bank

Q. Recently, Robert Mugabe passed away. He was the

former president of which of the following country?

Nigeria

Ghana

Algeria

South Africa

Zimbabwe

Q. The books ‘Loktantra Ke Swar (Khand 2)’ and ‘The

Republican Ethic (Volume 2)’ are a compilation of

speeches of which of the following Indian president?

Pranab Mukherjee

Pratibha Patil

Ram Nath Kovind

Pratibha Patil

None of these

Q. What is the name of the lander of the Chandrayaan-2

mission?

Veer

Pragyan

Vikram

Ajay

Sarthi

Q. Which of the following city will host the 1st

conference of Military Medicine for the SCO Member

States?

Shanghai

Dhaka

New Delhi

Kathmandu

Moscow

Q. India became a partner of the Shanghai Cooperation

Organisation (SCO) in the year _______.

2009

2010

2014

2016

2017

Q. In September 2019, PM Modi has inaugurated first

'Make in India' metro coach in _______.

New Delhi

Aurangabad

Mumbai

Chennai

Hyderabad

Q. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

has partnered with which of the following organisation to

conduct capacity building programmes for high school

teachers?

Apple

Facebook

Microsoft

IBM

Google

Q. In August 2019 Transactions made through Unified

Payments Interface (UPI) has crossed _______ mark.

1 Billion

900 million

600 million

400 million

500 million

Q. Which of the following cricketer has announced to

launch a campaign to save Rhinos in India?

Rahul Dravid

MS Dhoni

Virat Kohli

Rohit Sharma

Shikhar Dhawan

Q. Who among the following is the Chief Executive

Officer of BCCI?

Saba Karim

Vinod Rai

Anirudh Chaudhry

Rahul Johri

M. S. K. Prasad

Q. Duleep Trophy is related to _________.

Hockey

Football

Badminton

Cricket

Volleyball

Q. Recently Abdul Qadir passed away. He played

international cricket from which of the following team?

Bangladesh

South Africa

Zimbabwe

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Q. Who among the following won US Open Women's

final 2019?

Serena Williams

Maria Sharapova

Venus Williams

Bianca Andreescu

Simona Halep

Q. Who among the following became the only bowler to

take 4 wickets in 4 balls twice?

Trent Boult

Imran Tahir

Lasith Malinga

Pat Cummins

Kagiso Rabada

Q. India’s Gaganyaan mission that consists of two

unmanned flights is scheduled to launch by _______.

November 2022

December 2021

September 2020

March 2021

June 2025

Q. Recently, Kraigg Brathwaite has been reported for

suspected illegal bowling action. He plays international

cricket for _______

Bangladesh

West Indies

New Zealand

England

Australia

Q. Recently, which of the following bank has put up for

sale nearly a dozen non-performing assets (NPA) to

recover dues of more than 1,234 crore rupees?

Indian Bank

Canara Bank

State Bank of India

Punjab National Bank

Syndicate Bank

Q. There are _______ scientific instruments that are

onboard the Orbiter of the Chandrayaan-2?

4

5

8

11

15

Q. Recently, Ram Jethmalani passed away. He was a/an

_______.

Actor

Director

Lawyer

Sports person

Army Officer

Q. Article 371 provides special status mainly to the

_______ state/states.

Jammu and Kashmir

West Bengal

North-Eastern states

Gujarat and Rajasthan

Indian islands

Q. Government has announced to spend _______ in the

next five years on 'Jal Jeevan Mission'.

4.2 lakh crore rupees

7.9 lakh crore rupees

11.5 lakh crore rupees

3.5 lakh crore rupees

2.2 lakh crore rupees

Q. The Punjab National Bank will merge which of the

following banks?

Oriental Bank of Commerce

United Bank of India

Indian Bank

Syndicate Bank

1 and 2

1,2 and 3

Q. World Suicide Prevention Day is observed every year

on _________.

06 September

08 September

09 September

10 September

11 September

Q. Which of the following city is the host for 24th World

Energy Congress?

Paris

Berlin

Abu Dhabi

Tokyo

Shanghai

Q. President Ram Nath Kovind is on an official visit to

Iceland, Switzerland, and Slovenia. What is the capital of

Slovenia?

Ljubljana

Reykjavík

Dublin

Oslo

Helsinki

Q. Which of the following is an application launched by

Minister State for Agriculture Parshottam Rupala during

a conference on Crop Residue Management in New

Delhi?

Crop Management

CHC Farm Machinery

Mera Khet

My Land my Rights

Mitti

Q. International conference ANGAN (Augmenting

Nature by Green Affordable New-habitat) is being

organised at _______.

Chennai

Kolkata

Pune

New Delhi

Gandhinagar

Q. India's first-ever helicopter summit was held in

_______.

Srinagar

Chandigarh

Thane

Dehradun

Ranchi

Q. In September 2019, India and Asian Development

Bank signed a 200-million dollar loan agreement for

upgrading rural roads in which of the following Indian

state?

Jharkhand

Assam

Maharashtra

Uttar Pradesh

Uttarakhand

Q. Who among the following is the MD and CEO of India

Post Payments Bank?

Akshay Tyagi

Rajat Singh

Suresh Sethi

Anuja Tripathi

Sanjay Banga

Q. Who among the following will confer the Visitor's

Awards 2019?

Prime Minister of India

President of India

External Affairs Minister

Home Minister

None of these

Q. Rafael Nadal won the Men's singles title at the US

Open 2019, this was his _______ Grand Slam title.

12th

15th

19th

17th

21st

Q. Which of the following company has funded

Motihari-Amlekhgunj oil pipeline?

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

Bharat Petroleum

Hindustan Petroleum

Indian Oil Corporation

Gail Limited

Q. PM Narendra Modi has launched National Animal

Disease Control Programme (NADCP) for

eradicating the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) from

which of the following city?

Varanasi

Ranchi

Bhopal

Mathura

Gwalior

Q. Indian Airforce has resurrected which of the

following squadron to operate Rafale fighter jets?

No. 24 Squadron IAF

No. 17 Squadron IAF

No. 15 Squadron IAF

No. 51 Squadron IAF

No. 45 Squadron IAF

Q. Who among the following will head the 3-member

panel to oversee bifurcation of J&K into two Union

Territories?

Ajay Nair

Sanjay Mitra

Sanjeev Singh

Himanshu Tomar

Rahul Jaishankar

Q. Which of the following Indian state will set up

India's first International Women's Trade Centre

(iWTC)?

Maharashtra

Jharkhand

Assam

Gujarat

Kerala

Q. Onam festival is mainly celebrated by the people

of _______ all around the world.

Assam

Kerala

Manipur

Gujarat

Rajasthan

Q. NITI Aayog has partnered with which of the

following organisation for first Digital Capability

Centre in New Delhi?

Accenture

McKinsey

KPMG

Deloitte

IBM

Q. Recently, John Bolton has been removed from the

post of National Security Adviser of which of the

following country?

Canada

US

China

Japan

France

Q. Who among the following has become the first

Indian-American to be nominated as a federal judge

in Florida?

Anuraag Singhal

Rahul Shrikant

Ajay Soni

Akshat Raj

Naveen Pal

Q. 25th Senior Women’s National Football

Championship has been started in which of the

following Indian state?

Jharkhand

Odisha

Arunachal Pradesh

Gujarat

Karnataka

Q. Which of the following country has inaugurated

Southeast Asia's largest solar power farm which has

the capacity to produce 688 million kWh annually?

Laos

Thailand

Bangladesh

Vietnam

Indonesia

Q. Which of the following country has announces

intention to annex Jordan Valley in West Bank?

Israel

Iran

Jordan

Syria

Lebanon

Q. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the first President of

which of the following country?

Myanmar

Bangladesh

Afghanistan

Iran

Indonesia

Q. DRDO has successfully flight-tested indigenously

developed MPATGM missile. MPATGM stands for

_______.

Memory-Path Antitank Guided Missile

Marked-Path Antitank Guided Missile

Minimum-Path Antitank Guided Missile

Man-Portable Antitank Guided Missile

None of these

Q. What is the name of India's 2nd Scorpene-class

submarine?

INS Kalvari

INS Khanderi

INS Triveni

INS Shakti

INS Prahar

Q. Indian Railways is observing ‘Swachhta-Hi-Seva

Pakhwada’ from ______ to _______.

01st September to 15th October

11th September to 2nd October

10th September to 1st October

15th September to 30th September

15th September to 11th October

Q. Which of the following state government has

decided to allow people to adopt cows online under

its ‘Project Gaushala’?

Madhya Pradesh

Telangana

Bihar

Uttar Pradesh

Gujarat

Q. Who among the following has been appointed as

the Principal Secretary to PM Modi?

Sanjay Rawat

Ajay Trivedi

PK Mishra

Shashank Jaiswal

Arjun Dhingra

Q. Which of the following country has topped the

medal tally of Track Asia Cup competition in New

Delhi?

China

Malaysia

Thailand

Bangladesh

India

Q. Yashaswini Singh Deswal is associated with

which of the following sports?

Boxing

Swimming

Shooting

Long Jump

Golf

Q. Recently, Pulathisi Express, a 'Make In India' train

has been flagged off in which of the following

country?

Bangladesh

Sri Lanka

Afghanistan

Vietnam

Indonesia

Q. Which of the following city is the host for India’s

first conference on military medicine for member

nations of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation?

Kolkata

New Delhi

Chennai

Pune

Gandhinagar

Q. Under the ‘National Pension Scheme for the

Traders and The Self-Employed’, a minimum

assured pension of ______ will be given to small

traders after attaining the age of 60 Years.

Rs 1,000

Rs 2,000

Rs 3,000

Rs 4,000

Rs 5,000

Q. Recently, the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium of New

Delhi has been renamed on the name of _______.

Arun Jaitley

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Sushma Swaraj

Manohar Parrikar

Mange Ram Garg

Q. Passengers of IRCTC's Delhi-Lucknow Tejas

Express will get free _______ rail travel insurance.

Rs 10 lakh

Rs 15 lakh

Rs 20 lakh

Rs 25 lakh

Rs 50 lakh

Q. Recently, M S Mahabaleshwara has been inducted

to the Managing Committee of Indian Banks

Association (IBA). He is the MD and CEO of which

of the following bank?

South Indian Bank

Canara Bank

Karur Vysya Bank

Corporation Bank

Karnataka Bank

Q. Who among the following has been bestowed with

the ‘First Class Order of Zayed II’ award by UAE

President?

Manjeev Singh Puri

Pankaj Saran

Mukta Dutta Tomar

Navdeep Singh Suri

Manoj Kumar Bharti

Q. Which of the following state government has

launched 'Mukhyamantri VyapariSamuhikNiji

DurghatnaBeemaYojana' and 'Mukhyamantri

VyapariKshatipurti Beema Yojana'?

Gujarat

Madhya Pradesh

Haryana

Bihar

Uttar Pradesh

Q. White Water Rafting Expedition 'Rudrashila' has

been flagged off at ______.

Uttarkashi

Leh

Jaisalmer

Nainital

Itanagar

Q. Military Exercise MAITREE-2019 is a joint

military exercise between India and _______.

Nepal

Thailand

Vietnam

Russia

Sri Lanka

Q. Which of the following country has become 79th

country to join India-led International Solar Alliance?

Trinidad and Tobago

St. Lucia

St Kitts and Nevis

Antigua and Barbuda

Saint Vincent and Grenadines

Q. The UK government has announced a ______ post-

study work visa for all international students.

1 Year

2 Year

2.5 Year

3 Year

3.5 Year

Q. The scientist from the Queen Mary University of

London has identified the largest flying animal in history

named as ______.

Apatosaurus

Baryonyx

Cryodrakon boreas

Hollow Form

Diplodocus

Q. In September 2019, Which of the following country

has joined the Global Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

Research and Development (R&D) hub as a new

member?

Bangladesh

India

Thailand

Vietnam

Pakistan

Q. The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has

recommended ‘tribal area’ status for Ladakh under

_______ schedule of the Indian constitution.

5th Schedule

6th Schedule

7th Schedule

8th Schedule

9th Schedule

Q. Which of the following organisation has handed over

the second airborne warning plane, ‘Netra’ to the Indian

Air Force?

Ordnance Factory Board

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

Indian Space Research Organisation

Defence Research Development Organization

Bharat Dynamics Limited

Q. Which of the following group is a private partner in

Indian Institute of Skills, Mumbai?

Jaypee Group

Godrej Group

Reliance Group

Tata Group

Aditya Birla Group

Q. ONGC will invest over Rs 13,000 crore for drilling

more than 220 oil and gas wells in which of the following

Indian state?

Jharkhand

Odisha

Maharashtra

Gujarat

Assam

Q. IDBI Bank will launch a co-branded credit card with

which of the following company?

Kotak Mahindra Bank

LIC Credit Cards Services

Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services

Bajaj Finance Limited

None of these

Q. Who among the following has been appointed as the

Chairman of the Redeployment Coordination Committee

(RCC) and head of the UNMHA in Yemen?

Bikram Singh

Deepak Kapoor

Divya Ajith Kumar

Abhijit Guha

None of these

Q. Hindi Diwas is observed every year on _______.

12 September

13 September

14 September

15 September

16 September

Q. Under article _______, Hindi written in

Devanagari script was adopted as the official

language of India.

Article 260

Article 230

Article 111

Article 343

None of these

Q. Engineers Day in India is observed every year on

_________.

12 September

13 September

14 September

15 September

16 September

Q. Which of the following organisation will provide

Rs 3,000 crore assistance to finance, mini and mega

food parks across the country?

World Trade Organization

World Bank

Asian Development Bank

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

None of these

Q. Which of the following city was the host for 14th

Conference of Parties to UNCCD?

Greater Noida

Agra

Indore

Gandhinagar

Ranchi

Q. The GST Network has decided to make Aadhaar

authentication or physical verification mandatory for

new dealers from _______.

March 2020

January 2020

August 2020

November 2019

July 2020

Q. Who among the following won Vietnam Open

Super 100 title?

Prannoy Kumar

Ajay Jayaram

B. Sai Praneeth

Parupalli Kashyap

Sourabh Verma

Q. Lakshya Sen is associated with which of the

following sports?

Badminton

Tennis

Chess

Hockey

Swimming

Q. Which of the following country won U-19 Asia

Cup title in cricket?

Sri Lanka

Bangladesh

Pakistan

India

Afghanistan

Q. Which of the following country will host

Women's FIFA U-17 2020?

France

Belgium

Germany

India

UAE

Q. World Ozone Day is observed every year on

_______.

13 September

14 September

15 September

16 September

17 September

Q. Recently, Poland’s Foreign Minister has unveiled

a memorial dedicated to Polish World War 2

refugees in _______.

Kolhapur

Nagpur

Aurangabad

Panji

Mahé

Q. Recently which of the following state has

dedicated the Dikshi Hydroelectric Project to the

people of the state?

Assam

Tamil Nadu

Andhra Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh

Jharkhand

Q. Recently, Which of the following ministry

organised ‘Great Ganga Run 2019’ in New Delhi?

Ministry of Human Resource Development

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate

Change

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Ministry of Jal Shakti

None of these

Q. Who among the following has been sworn in as

first Lokayukta of Andhra Pradesh?

Justice Govind Mathur

Justice P Lakshman Reddy

Justice Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel

Justice Vikram Nath

Justice Gita Mittal

Q. On 52nd Engineers’ Day, Shri Vinod Kumar

Yadav has been awarded Eminent Engineers Award

by the Institution of Engineers in New Delhi. He is

the chairman of which of the following organisation?

Banks Board Bureau

Indian Oil Corporation

NTPC Limited

Railway Board

Power Grid Corporation of India

Q. Recently, the Arcadia Education Project has won

the Aga Khan Architecture Award. It is an innovative

project in which of the following country?

Sri Lanka

Bangladesh

Vietnam

France

Pakistan

Q. Who among the following has become the highest

run-scorer in a Test series of this century?

Steve Smith

Virat Kohli

Rohit Sharma

Joe Root

Ben Stokes

Q. Recently Pankaj Advani has won 150-up format

at the IBSF World Billiards Championship. This has

increased his world billiards titles to ________.

18

20

22

24

26

Q. Which of the following Indian state observes

Neermahal Jal Utsav?

Assam

Meghalaya

Tripura

Nagaland

Arunachal Pradesh

Q. Who among the following has flags off ‘Jaldoot’ bus

for water conservation initiative?

Narendra Modi

Prakash Javadekar

Amit Shah

Smriti Irani

Yogi Adityanath

Q. ‘Jaldoot’ initiative has been started in which of the

following Indian state?

Rajasthan

Manipur

Uttar Pradesh

Maharashtra

Assam

Q. A Trilateral Exercise “SITMEX” has been started in

_______.

Daman

Chennai

Agartala

Pune

Port Blair

Q. ‘SITMEX’ is a joint military exercise between which

of the following 3 countries?

Indonesian Navy, Vietnam Navy Indian Navy

Singapore Navy, Thailand Navy Indian Navy

Russian Navy, France Navy Germany Navy

China Navy, Thailand Navy Indian Navy

None of these

Q. Who among the following has been appointed as the

chairman and managing director of Cognizant India?

R Ramamoorthy

Sanjay Shankar

Rahul Nanda

Ajay Nair

Shobhit Tyagi

Q. Maitree is a joint military exercise between India and

______.

Russia

Thailand

Japan

Nepal

Vietnam

Q. Recently, India will fund 1000 PhD fellowships for

________ students at IITs.

SAARC students

BRICS students

G20 students

ASEAN students

None of these

Q. Recently, Who among the following has won Dr

Kalam Smriti International Excellence Award?

Narendra Modi

Ram Nath Kovind

Sheikh Hasina

Donald Trump

Barack Obama

Q. Who among the following has won the Hrant Dink

Award in Istanbul?

Shakib Khan

Obaidul Quader

Agnes Kharshiing

Ziaur Rahman

Barack Obama

Q. Who among the following film has won the Best

Actress award at Boston Film Festival?

Neena Gupta

Surekha Sikri

Deepika Padukone

Anushka Sharma

Kangana Ranaut

Q. The first anniversary of Ayushman Bharat-

Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna will be observed

on _______.

19 September

20 September

23 September

25 September

26 September

Q. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has

signed an MoU with which of the following

organisation for the development of human-centric

systems for the Human Space Mission?

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

Defence Research and Development Organisation

Indian Council of Medical Research

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

Bureau of Indian Standards

Q. Kerala government has signed an MoU with

which of the following country to strengthen cancer

care in that nation?

Vietnam

Thailand

Maldives

Sri Lanka

Laos

Q. Recently, India's indigenously designed Astra

missile was successfully test-fired off the coast of

Odisha. It is an _______ missile.

Air-to-air missile

Surface-to-air missile

Surface-to-Surface missile

Ait-to-Surface missile

None of these

Q. A documentary named _______ based on the life

of Uttarakhand farmer nominated for Oscars.

Apan Ghar

Moti Bagh

22 Pal

Tale of two peaks

None of these

Q. How many Vishvakarma Rashtriya Puruskars

were awarded for the year 2017?

36

12

28

6

53

Q. Who among the following has been chosen as the

first recipient of Acadmie des beaux-arts

Photography Award - William Klein?

Ajay Tej

Soman Shakti

Ajeet Nair

Raghu Rai

None of these

Q. Recently, Dinesh Mongia has announced his

retirement. He was associated with which of the

following sports?

Football

Volleyball

Cricket

Badminton

Shooting

Q. Who among the following became the first person

to swim across the English Channel in four times

non-stop in a 54-hour?

Mark Spitz

Sue Bird

Sarah Thomas

Lauren Jackson

Dawn Staley

Q. Swachh Bharat Mission was launched in the year

_______.

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Q. World Bamboo Day is observed every year on

_______.

17 September

18 September

19 September

20 September

21 September

Q. South Asia’s tallest tower has been inaugurated in

which of the following country?

Sri Lanka

Maldives

India

Bangladesh

Indonesia

Q. Khaltmaagiin Battulga is on a five-day state visit to

India, He is the president of which of the following

country?

Libya

Mongolia

Sudan

Algeria

Namibia

Q. According to International Migrant Stock 2019,

Which of the following country has the highest diaspora

in the world?

Germany

Mexico

Japan

India

Bangladesh

Q. Which of the following state/UT has launched 'Tatpar'

app for its citizens?

Uttar Pradesh

Sikkim

Delhi

Gujarat

Madhya Pradesh

Q. Who among the following has launched Management

Information System, MIS for stakeholders of Accessible

India Campaign?

Rajnath Singh

Prakash Javadekar

Thaawarchand Gehlot

Narendra Singh Tomar

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Q. First-time violators of the e-cigarettes ban will have to

face a jail term of up to one year and a fine of _________.

Rs 20 thousand

Rs 50 thousand

Rs 1 lakh

Rs 1.5 lakh

Rs 2 lakh

Q. The current strength of the number of judges has been

increased to ______ including the Chief Justice of India?

28

30

34

38

42

Q. Who among the following has become the first Indian

wrestler to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Vinesh Phogat

Sushil Kumar

Geeta Phogat

Bajrang Punia

None of these

Q. What is the name of 2022 Winter Olympics games

mascot?

Hare

Wenlock

Bing Dwen Dwen

Soohorang

Vinicius

Q. Who among the following has launched waste

management summit for women entrepreneurs 'WAWE

Summit 2019'?

Pralhad Joshi

Arjun Munda

Thawar Chand Gehlot

Ramesh Pokhriyal

Harish Rawat

Q. In September 2019, Indian Post has extended its EMS

or Express Mail Service to how many new foreign

countries?

2

4

6

11

16

Q. The 5th edition of the International Ramayana Festival

was held in _______.

Chennai

Kolkata

Agra

New Delhi

Pune

Q. Recently, Which of the following Indian state has

decided to observe 2020 as the "Year of AI"?

Tamil Nadu

Andhra Pradesh

Sikkim

Telangana

Maharashtra

Q. Skill India has joined hands with which of the

folloiwng IT company for nationwide Train-the-Trainer

programme in basic Artificial Intelligence

Google

Facebook

TCS

IBM

Mindtree

Q. Who among the following will be appointed as the

next IAF chief?

RKS Bhadauria

Anil Khosla

Shirish Baban Deo

Chandrashekharan Hari Kumar

Satish Sareen

Q. Which of the following movie has won Best Film

award at the IIFA Awards 2019?

Sanju

Andhadhun

Raazi

Gold

Padmaavat

Q. Which of the following Indian/Indian NGO has won

Education Excellence Award 2019 in the US?

Pratham

Anand Kumar

Akanksha Foundation

BHUMI

Hari Sankar

Q. Recently, Ravi Kumar has booked the 2020 Tokyo

Olympics berth. He is associated with which of the

following sports?

Wrestling

Shot Put

Javelin throw

Shooting

Discus throw

Q. India ranked at ______ place in the latest released

FIFA rankings?

101st

104th

111th

92nd

112th

Q. International Day of Peace is observed every year on

_______.

20 September

21 September

22 September

23 September

24 September

Q. Recently, PM Modi and Mongolian President unveil

Lord Buddha statue in Gandan Monastery in _________.

Ulaanbaatar

Darkhan

Khovd

Zuunmod

Choibalsan

Q. Which of the following organisation will present

Global Goalkeeper's Award Prime Minister Narendra

Modi?

PATH

The Giving Pledge

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Plan International

Michael and Susan Dell Foundation

Q. Which of the following city will host 2nd flower

festival during North-East Monsoon?

Gangtok

Ooty

Shimla

Chennai

Salem

Q. Who among the following chairs the meeting of

Northern Zonal Council?

Amit Shah

Smriti Irani

Nitin Gadkari

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Jagat Prakash Nadda

Q. In September 2019, Beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri

Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) has crossed _______

mark.

50 Lakh

1 Crore

5 Crore

10 Crore

20 Crore

Q. Recently, Finance Minister has announced to slash

Corporate tax rates ________ for domestic companies.

15%

18%

22%

27%

32%

Q. Government has approved _______ interest rate on

deposits in Employees Provident Fund for 2018-19.

8.65%

8.46%

8.11%

8.98%

9.95%

Q. Who among the following has became first Indian to

enter World Men's Championship finals?

Gaurav Bidhuri

Amit Panghal

Shiva Thapa

Vikas Krishan Yadav

Vijender Singh

Q. Recently, Ravi Dahiya has booked the 2020 Tokyo

Olympics berth. He is associated with which of the

following sports?

Wrestling

Shot Put

Javelin throw

Shooting

Discus throw

Q. Who among the following is the first woman to

ascend all Seven Summits by climbing the highest

peak on every continent?

Junko Tabei

Michiko Imai

Bachendri Pal

Yasuko Namba

Arunima Sinha

Q. What is the number of Legislative Assembly seats

in Maharashtra?

252

288

263

322

356

Q. Which of the following state/UT has launched

‘Champions Campaign’ to fight against dengue?

Daman and Diu

Uttar Pradesh

Jharkhand

Delhi

Punjab

Q. NTPC Ltd has planned to set up India’s biggest

solar power plant in which of the following Indian

state?

Tamil Nadu

Maharashtra

Karnataka

Gujarat

Assam

Q. Which of the following movie has been

nominated as India's official entry in the

International Feature Film category at the Oscars?

Gully Boy

Secret Superstar

Padmaavat

Padman

Andhadhun

Q. The award presented to Sardar Patel National

Unity Award will be in the shape of ________.

Sun

Palm leaf

Peepal leaf

Lotus leaf

None of these

Q. Which of the following state has won three

prestigious Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)

Gold awards?

Assam

Gujarat

Maharashtra

Kerala

Tamil Nadu

Q. Amit Panghal is related to which of the following

sports?

Boxing

Badminton

Wrestling

Shooting

None of these

Q. Who among the following is the author of the

book ‘Being Gandhi’?

Anita Nair

Ruskin Bond

Paro Anand

Jerry Pinto

None of these

Q. Who among the following is the governor of

Maharashtra?

Baby Rani Maurya

Bhagat Singh Koshyari

Satyadev Narayan Arya

Ganga Prasad

Kaptan Singh Solanki

Q. World Rhino Day is observed every year on _______.

20 September

21 September

22 September

23 September

24 September

Q. What was the name given to Prime Minister Narendra

Modi’s Indian-American rally in Houston, Texas?

New India

Howdy Modi

Welcome Modi

Modi in Texas

None of these

Q. Who among the following has been appointed as the

first Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax

(PrCCIT) of NeAC?

Rajeev Nigam

Shubham Singhal

Krishna Mohan Prasad

Ajay Singh Trivedi

Rohit Mishra

Q. Recently, Shondol dance has entered into the Guinness

Book of World Records. This dance is observed in

_______.

Ladakh

Sikkim

Nagaland

Tripura

Goa

Q. Who among the following has been appointed as the

brand ambassador of Madhya Pradesh?

Salman Khan

Anil Kapoor

Govinda

Akshay Kumar

Sonam Kapoor

Q. Who among the following has been appointed as the

chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations?

Rajesh Kumar Sakaria

Madhukar Kamath

Ajeet Thomas

Sunder Lal Nair

None of these

Q. Max Bupa has signed a bancassurance tie-up to offer

health insurance solutions with which of the following

bank?

Indian Bank

State Bank of India

Punjab National Bank

Dena Bank

Axis Bank

Q. Recently, Rahul Aware won bronze at World

Championship. He is associated with which of the

following sports?

Boxing

Wrestling

Weightlifting

Hockey

Shooting

Q. Who among the following has won women’s China

Open title?

Nozomi Okuhara

Akane Yamaguchi

Wang Yihan

Carolina Marina

P. V. Sindhu

Q. Who among the following has won the men’s St

Petersburg Open title?

Borna Coric

Daniil Medvedev

David Goffin

Novak Djokovic

Rafael Nadal

Q. International Day of Sign Languages is observed

every year on _______.

21 September

22 September

23 September

24 September

25 September

Q. PM Modi addressed the UN Secretary-General's

Climate Action Summit in _______.

Paris

New York

London

Vancouver

Chicago

Q. The Union Home Minister Amit Shah proposed

first ‘digital census’ from _______.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Q. Ayushman Bharat - the Pradhan Mantri Jan

Arogya Yojana was launched on _______.

21 September

22 September

23 September

24 September

25 September

Q. Who among the following has launched

‘UMMID’ initiative to tackle inherited genetic

diseases of newborn babies?

Smriti Irani

Prakash Javadekar

Piyush Goyal

Harsh Vardhan

Jagat Prakash Nadda

Q. National workshop on Post Disaster Needs

Assessment was organized in _______.

Pune

Lucknow

Agra

New Delhi

Chennai

Q. Recently, Godavarthi Venkata Srinivas has been

named as India's next envoy to Guinea Bissau.

Guinea Bissau is located in ______.

Asia

Africa

Europe

South America

North America

Q. Which of the following TV series won best

Outstanding Drama Series award at the 71st Prime

Time Emmy Awards?

Game of Thrones

Legend of the Seeker

True Blood

American Gods

None of these

Q. Who among the following has won the first Gauri

Lankesh Memorial Award?

Arnab Goswami

Punya Prasun Bajpai

Ravish Kumar

Sudhir Chaudhary

Anjana Om Kashyap

Q. Who among the following has won the FIFA

Women's Player of the Year award

Alex Morgan

Carli Lloyd

Tobin Heath

Megan Rapinoe

Marta

Q. World’s first camel hospital is located in

_______.

Doha

Sharjah

Dubai

Abu Dhabi

Muscat

Q. Who among the following inaugurated India

Water Week, 2019 in New Delhi?

Venkaiah Naidu

Amit Shah

Ram Nath Kovind

Nitin Gadkari

Smriti Irani

Q. Who among the following will be conferred with

SASTRA-Ramanujan Prize?

Adam Harper

David Calle

Raymond Chambers

Christine Jahromi

Ann Hall

Q. What is the theme of the 16th Global SME

Business Summit?

Strengthen MSMEs for Economy Growth

Making Indian MSMEs Globally Competitive

Towards a powerful MSMEs sector

MSMEs - Economic Powerhouse of Nation

None of these

Q. Recently, Culture and Tourism Minister Prahlad

Singh Patel inaugurated the exhibition of India

Tourism Mart (ITM), 2019 in ________.

Indore

Chennai

New Delhi

Lucknow

Pune

Q. Which of the following has become the first

State/UT to issue the highest number of golden cards

under Ayushman Bharat scheme?

Sikkim

Uttar Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir

Maharashtra

Gujarat

Q. The first corporate-run train ‘Tejas Express’ will

run between _______ and _______.

Lucknow - Delhi

Delhi-Ahmedabad

Mumbai-Pune

Delhi-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra

Mumbai- Goa

Q. Recently, Narendra Singh Tomar has launched a

mobile app named as _______ that will provide

farmers with information about the best

demonstration of high-yielding crops and seeds at

nearby area.

Fasal App

Krishi Kisan App

Krishi Darshan App

Kheti Badi App

None of these

Q. Dada Sahab Phalke award carries a cash prize of

_______ rupees.

1 Lakh rupees

10 Lakh rupees

25 Lakh rupees

50 Lakh rupees

75 Lakh rupees

Q. Which of the following team won 25th Senior

Women's National Football Championship?

Railways

Manipur

Uttar Pradesh

Maharashtra

Delhi

Q. Which of the following country will host Trilateral

Maritime Exercise ‘MALABAR’ 2019 between India,

Japan and USA?

Japan

India

USA

China

Indonesia

Q. In September 2019, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

commissioned Indian Coast Guard Ship _______ at

Chennai Port.

ICGS Tej

ICGS Chetak

ICGS Varaha

ICGS Vishal

ICGS Akash

Q. Recently, a single emergency number, ________ was

launched for police, fire and ambulance emergency

services in Delhi.

111

112

120

105

102

Q. Recently, Who among the following has been re-

elected as International Association of Athletics

Federations (IAAF) Council member?

Dharun Ayyasamy

Sanjivani Jadhav

Adille Sumariwalla

Arpinder Singh

None of these

Q. National Unity Day is observed every year on

_______.

31st October

15th October

30 September

2 October

28 September

Q. Prime Minister Modi received ‘Global Goalkeeper’

award for his _______ initiative.

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

Digital India

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

None of these

Q. In September 2019, Which of the following bank has

been kept under Reserve Bank of India's directions and its

depositors are allowed to withdraw a sum not exceeding

1,000 rupees of the total balance?

Bihar State Co-operative Bank

Jammu and Kashmir State Co-operative Bank

Nagaland State Co-operative Bank

Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank

Haryana State Co-operative Bank

Q. The Asian Development Bank (ADB has cut India's

growth forecast to _______ for FY20.

6.8%

6.3%

6.5%

6.9%

6.4%

Q. Pankaj Advani along with _______ has won the IBSF

World Snooker Team title at Mandalay, Myanmar.

Geet Sethi

Yasin Merchant

Aditya Mehta

Manan Chandra

Lucky Vatnani

Q. In September 2019, Which of the following Indian

sportsperson has won a Veteran Pin by International

Association of Athletic Federations, IAAF at Doha?

PT Usha

Karnam Malleswari

Milkha Singh

Hima Das

Anju Bobby George

Q. World Tourism Day is observed every year on

_______.

24 September

25 September

26 September

27 September

28 September

Q. Which of the following country has launched World's

Biggest Transport SpaceShip with cargo vessel

‘Kounotori8’?

China

France

Japan

USA

Russia

Q. Which of the following institute will host the 2nd

Singapore - India Hackathon?

IIT Delhi

IIT Mumbai

IIT Kanpur

IIT Madras

IIT Kharagpur

Q. PM Modi will formally declare India as Open

Defecation Free (ODF) on _________.

1st October

2nd October

30th September

15th October

25th October

Q. According to IIFL Wealth-Hurun India Rich List

2019, Who among the following has been named as the

India's richest man?

Azim Premji

Cyrus Poonawalla

Ratan Tata

Mukesh Ambani

None of these

Q. HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company has tied up

with which of the following bank to launch a Mosquito

Diseases Protection Policy (MDPP)?

RBL Bank

Airtel Payments Bank

India Post Payments Bank

Paytm Payments Bank

Dhanlaxmi Bank

Q. Who among the following has been named as the as

the new head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?

Irina Bokova

Kristalina Georgieva

Mariya Gabriel

Olli Rehn

Anshula Kant

Q. Who among the following will take over as the

chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee (CCS)?

Bipin Rawat

Birender Singh Dhanoa

Dalbir Singh Suhag

Sunil Lanba

Karambir Singh

Q. Who among the following became the first Indian to

receive the Changemaker Award by the Bill and Melinda

Gates Foundation?

Sunita Lamba

Payal Jangid

Aanchal Singh

Rachna Pal

Aman Preet

Q. ‘Nikshay Poshan Yojana’ that was launched in the

year 2018, is related to which of the following diseases?

HIV

Cancer

TB

Dengue

Chicken pox

Q. World Rabies Day is observed every year on _______.

26 September

27 September

28 September

29 September

30 September

Q. Recently, Which of the following country has

abolished abaya rule and announces new visa scheme?

Kuwait

Oman

UAE

Saudi Arabia

Bahrain

Q. India-Kazakhstan Joint Military Exercise KAZIND -

2019 will take place in _______.

Chamoli

Pithoragarh

Shimla

Gangtok

Dibrugarh

Q. India ranked at _______ place in world digital

competitiveness rankings?

77th

81th

44th

32th

57th

Q. Recently, The International Air Transport Association

(IATA) has launched 25by2025 for balanced workforce.

IATA is headquartered in ________.

China

Germany

France

USA

Canada

Q. Jawaharlal Nehru University have signed a MoU with

which of the following IIT that will benefit teaching,

research and technology development in various

disciplines?

IIT Delhi

IIT Mumbai

IIT Kanpur

IIT Madras

IIT Kharagpur

Q. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister has announced an annual

aid of ________ for triple talaq victims.

Rs 4,000

Rs 6,000

Rs 8,000

Rs 10,000

Rs 12,000

Q. Which of the following Indian corporate has won the

United Nations Global Climate Action Award in 'carbon

neutral now' category?

TCS

Reliance Digital

Wipro

Infosys

Tech Mahindra

Q. Who among the following has becomes 1st Indian

cricketer to bowl 3 maidens in T20Is?

Latika Kumari

Ekta Bisht

Poonam Yadav

Deepti Sharma

Radha Yadav

Q. Who among the following is the author of the book

'Reset: Regaining India's Economic Legacy'?

Manmohan Singh

Mamata Banerjee

Shashi Tharoor

Subramanian Swamy

Rajdeep Sardesai

Q. International Day for Universal Access to Information

is observed every year on _______.

26 September

27 September

28 September

29 September

30 September

Q. World Heart Day is observed every year on _______.

26 September

27 September

28 September

29 September

30 September

Q. In September 2019, Which of the following country

has releases coins to mark Guru Nanak Dev's 550th birth

anniversary?

Bhutan

Nepal

Bangladesh

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Q. Who among the following inaugurated the ‘Aadi

Mahotsav’ at Expo Centre in Noida?

Niranjan Jyoti

Arjun Munda

Renuka Singh

Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Anurag Thakur

Q. INS Khanderi is the second of Kalvari Class diesel-electric attack submarines of the Indian Navy. It is

indigenously built by ________.

Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited

Bharat Dynamics Limited

Defence Research and Development Organisation

None of these

Q. Recently, Rajnath Singh launches the first ship of

Project 17A named as _______.

INS Kabil

INS Chetak

INS Badal

INS Nilgiri

INS Tej

Q. Recently, Rajnath Singh commissioned the largest dry dock of Indian Navy - The Aircraft Carrier Dock at the

Naval Dockyard at _______.

Kolkata

Chennai

Mumbai

Panji

Vishakhapatnam

Q. Who among the following has been had been

appointed the Vice Chief of Indian Air Force?

H.S Arora

Raj Nigam

Akshat Singh

B.D Thakur

Y Kumar Reddy

Q. Who among the following is the first Asian to be appointed as the chief of the International Egg

Commission?

Ranjan Pratap

Suresh Chitturi

Anant Desh Pandey

Rahul C Dharmasena

Puneet Teja

Q. Which of the following corps of the Indian army has

been honoured with President’s Colours Award?

Armoured Corps

Corps of Engineers

Mechanised Infantry

Corps Of Army Air Defence

Corps of Engineers

Q. International Translation Day is observed every year

on _______.

28 September

29 September

30 September

1 October

2 October

Q. ‘Bada Dashain’ festival is celebrated in which of the

following neighbouring country?

Bhutan

Bangladesh

Nepal

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Q. In September 2019, India has signed agreements of Rs 2,400 crore to boost trade ties with which of the folloiwng

country?

China

Russia

Indonesia

Thailand

Sri Lanka

Q. Which of the following Indian state has begun to

celebrate the floral festival, Bathukamma for the year

2019?

Assam

Sikkim

Goa

Tamil Nadu

Telangana

Q. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu presented the 28th

Saraswati Samman to _______.

Sitanshu Yashaschandra

Leeladhar Jagudi

K Siva Reddy

Rana Dasgupta

None of these

Q. Which of the following Indian airport has won best

airport in terms of services it offered to passengers in 5-

15 million categories by Airport Council International

(ACI)?

Dibrugarh Airport

Chandigarh Airport

Cochin International Airport

Goa International Airport

Surat International Airport

Q. Which of the following country has won football

SAFF U-18 Championship?

Bangladesh

Nepal

Bangladesh

India

Pakistan

Q. Recently, The pair of Raegan Albuquerque and

Yashansh Malik won the bronze medal in Mumbai. They

are associated with which of the following sports?

Tennis

Snooker

Badminton

Table Tennis

Carrom

Q. Recently, Jose Jose passed away. He was a famous

_______.

Singer

Badminton Player

Actor

Writer

Football Player

Q. Recently, Parupalli Kashyap lost in semifinals of a

tournament. He is associated with which of the following

sports?

Chess

Badminton

Tennis

Table Tennis

Snooker

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